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Pennsylvania Begins Proactive Home-Care Wage Reviews
Workers do not need to file a complaint before the initiative investigates.
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California home-care funds pause as nursing-home staffing stays short
The Trump administration has paused $1.7 billion for California’s In-Home Supportive Services while new federal staffing data show broad nursing-home shortfalls.
PolicyWorkforceDisabilityElder Care
California families face a coverage deadline for assisted living
Health Net plans to end an optional Medi-Cal assisted living benefit at year-end, affecting people whose families may not be able to replace the care at home.
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A Medicare Bill Links Home-Care Coverage and Worker Pay
The Medicare At Home Act would define a Part B home-care benefit and a proposed wage floor for home care workers.
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Pennsylvania budget omits home health nurse funding increase
Low Medicaid reimbursement is one barrier to finding skilled home care, Pennsylvania's home-care industry says.
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Maine prepares a waiver for the adult-services handoff
The proposed Lifespan waiver would begin at age 14 and keep people on one waiver through life changes.
PolicyWorkforceDisability
A DOJ Opinion Raises Questions About Support at Home
The opinion does not change existing law, but advocates worry about federal enforcement as Arkansas families face separate coverage and waitlist questions.
PolicyDisability
Arkansas Family Faces a Waiver Wait for a Ceiling Lift
A family says a move made its ceiling track ineligible for coverage, pointing it to a waiver with a long waitlist.
PolicyDisability
Study finds a higher care-gap share in China's care insurance pilots
Zheng and Chen report adoption associated with a higher severe care-gap proxy by 2020 (ATT 0.023), with larger estimates where policy texts omitted in-kind home and community services.
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Justice Department memo tests Florida case over children in nursing homes
A June 18 Justice Department opinion challenges the ADA's integration mandate; its first test is the federal case over medically fragile children placed in Florida nursing homes.
PolicyDisabilityChild Care
North Carolina bill would set $18-to-$24 wage floors for direct-care workers
House Bill 1045 would set occupation-specific minimums from $18 an hour for home care aides to $24 for licensed practical nurses, starting January 2028 if approved.
PolicyWorkforceElder CareDisabilityMental Health
Kentucky families rally as 4% Medicaid waiver cut nears its Aug. 1 start
About 100 families, caregivers and providers rallied in Frankfort against a 4% Medicaid waiver reimbursement cut set for Aug. 1, as nearly 19,000 Kentuckians wait for waiver slots.
PolicyDisabilityElder Care
Judge orders Oklahoma Medicaid to restore Mirabelle Care's payments
A judge ordered Oklahoma's Medicaid agency to resume Mirabelle Care's SoonerCare payments and lift its November fraud suspension, the company says. The underlying investigation remains active.
PolicyBusinessDisabilityMental Health
Georgetown: CMS work-reporting rule is harsher than the statute
The interim final rule narrows the medical frailty exemption and leaves key definitions to states, so identical circumstances may be judged differently by state.
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Kentucky cuts Medicaid waiver payments 4% starting Aug. 1
A June 8 letter told providers reimbursement drops next month, hitting the home and community-based waivers nearly 19,000 Kentuckians are already waiting on.
PolicyDisabilityElder Care