Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Writer at McKnight's Senior Living
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1 week ago |
mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin
If the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, or FMAP, drops below its current 50% threshold, 10 states and Washington, DC, could lose $468 million in Medicaid funding over the next decade, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute’s Heath Policy Center. Of that amount, $161.1 billion would be related to the elderly. FMAP is the percentage of Medicaid funding that the federal government reimburses to states.
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1 week ago |
mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Employees with higher incomes and education levels are more likely than others to anticipate needing long-term care in the future, according to an issue brief published by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The Employee Long-Term Care Survey, fielded late last year, questioned 2,445 workers aged 20 to 74 regarding their awareness of, access to and perspectives on long-term care financing.
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1 week ago |
mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin
To stay or not to stay, that is the question foremost on the minds of many workers in senior living and care, according to a new report from digital labor marketplace company KARE. Simple changes could mean the difference between retaining or losing caregivers, KARE said. In addition to more pay, workers are looking for flexibility and supportive workplace policies, according to the company.
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1 week ago |
mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Labor law is evolving at the state and federal level, but employers don’t need to be concerned as long as they take steps to remain compliant, attorneys from Polsinelli Law firm said during a Wednesday webinar. Some areas of focus identified last year by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission for fiscal years 202 to 2028 may be reversed by the Trump administration, they said. For now, however, the EEOC lacks a quorum, so it cannot vote on policy or enforcement of civil rights laws.
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1 week ago |
mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin
The American College of Physicians, a medical specialty organization with members including internal medicine specialists and subspecialists such as geriatricians, is calling for greater scrutiny of business practices in long-term care, particularly when private equity firms are involved. “Private equity firms acquiring LTSS [long-term services and supports] facilities and agencies have pressure to generate high, short-term profits.
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