Assuring PACE for frail seniors: Recommendations to simplify enrollment and expansion
By
Jade Gong
Jennie Chin Hansen
Dec 09, 2022
In October 2022, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a report titled “Improving Access to and Enrollment in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).” In the report, the BPC...
Also in the News for Oct. 24, 2022
By
Joe Bush
Oct 24, 2022
Psychologist who worked with nursing homes convicted of fraud … HHS commits $13 million for nurse education and training … CMS asks for comment on information collection, including PACE info … Wyoming...
New states’ PACE services may keep more out of nursing homes
By
John Hall
Aug 24, 2022
New entries in the world of PACE care for the elderly have elicited congratulations from nursing home representatives — and a reminder to state leaders about the important role skilled care facilities...
High-intensity rehab improves function in nursing-home eligible PACE participants
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 14, 2022
Participants experienced long-lasting functional improvements shown to reduce the risk of falls and help maintain independence, investigators say.
Provider’s payout in whistleblower billing fraud case approaches $60 million
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2018
A New York provider serving elderly and disabled Medicaid beneficiaries has reached a $10.3 million settlement in a state and federal case over long-term care payments.
What is your vision for PACE expansion and innovation?
By
Jade Gong
Jan 30, 2017
In the final days of the Obama administration, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services provided a parting gift to the PACE community by issuing a Request for Information seeking stakeholder input on...
New PACE program would seek younger dual eligibles
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 03, 2017
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is soliciting feedback on a five-year program that would expand the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly to younger dual eligibles and keep them out...
PACE: Now is the time to scale
By
Jade Gong
Oct 19, 2015
In this time of interest in providing better care for dual eligibles, CMS has piloted many new models of care and will now allow for-profit PACE programs.
Senators push CMS to expand program for long-term care outside nursing homes
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 26, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should loosen regulations to allow more people to receive care in the community rather than in nursing homes, a bipartisan group of Senators wrote in a recent...
Sentara Life Care launches $16.9M replacement project
Aug 12, 2014
Sentara Life Care, the senior services division of Sentara Healthcare, will replace the skilled nursing facility and assisted living village on its 11-acre campus. The Sentara Healthcare board of directors...