On January 21st, the Assembly Committees on Health and Aging and Long Term Care held a joint hearing to address the Department of Public Health’s (DPH’s) longstanding failures to conduct timely and meaningful investigations of nursing home complaints.
The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) announced that it is suspending the assignment of most new requests by long-term care providers for an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing because it has “been unable to keep pace with the exponential growth in requests for hearing.“ While OMHA will continue to assign and process hearing requests filed directly by Medicare beneficiaries, it does not expect to resume assignments of other appeals by providers for at least 24 months with post-assignment hearing wait times continuing to exceed 6 months.
Long-term care insurance has grown increasingly expensive, and for many folks, it’s not worth the cost, says Lew Mandell.
The RCFE Reform Act of 2014 comprising 9 bills aimed at reforming the assisted living industry in California, were introduced at a press conference in Sacramento on Monday.
Sacramento––A coalition of California legislators will appear at a press conference on Monday, January 13, 2014, at 11:30am in Room 3191 at the State Capitol to unveil their bills as part of the RCFE Reform Act of 2014.
Sacramento––A coalition of California legislators will appear at a press conference on Monday, January 13, 2014, at 11:30 am in Room 3191 at the State Capitol to unveil their bills as part of the RCFE Reform Act of 2014.
A press conference will be held on Monday, January 13, at 11:30 am at the State Capitol to announce the introduction of the Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) Reform Act of 2014. Read More… Press Release…
A press conference will be held on Monday, January 13, at 11:30am at the State Capitol to announce the introduction of the Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) Reform Act of 2014.
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Hundreds of new California laws took effect on January 1, including some of interest to elders.