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The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) hearing on “Promoting Elder Justice: A Call for Reform” was held on Tuesday, July 23. The first SFC hearing on this topic was in March. Tuesday’s hearing was far less emotional than the earlier one. In addition to focusing on elder abuse in nursing homes, Finance Committee members and ...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on arbitration agreements in nursing facilities on July 18, 2019. The final rule repeals the prohibition against pre-dispute, binding arbitration agreements while strengthening the transparency of arbitration agreements in long term care facilities. Prior ...

Many types of healthcare providers are covered under the Final Rule including long-term care facilities which are defined as hospice facilities, nursing facilities, skilled nursing facilities and skilled and nursing care parts of a life plan community (CCRC). In the 2015 proposed rule assisted living was included, but LeadingAge ...

Measures finalized by the lame duck 115th Congress included the Agricultural Improvement Act (farm bill), signed into law on December 20, which contains provisions legalizing ...