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Changes to the Federal Nursing Home Requirements
In order for skilled nursing home facilities to receive payment under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, the facility must meet certain federal requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released a final rule revising these requirements. This is the first comprehensive update to long-term care facility requirements since 1991. CMS released…
What Is Long Term Care
What is Long Term Care? And Why Should We Plan For It? What is Long Term Care? Long term care happens in that phase of life when a person can no longer manage his day-to-day activities without someone else’s assistance; that “helper” is often referred to as a caregiver.The caregiver’s services might take…
The CARE Act: Support for Maine’s Caregivers
Caregiving from family and friends is an invaluable help, particularly for older individuals who wish to continue living in their homes. Fortunately, many Mainers support each other by assisting with the multitude of daily living tasks. According to Valuing the Invaluable: 2015 Update by the AARP Public Policy Institute, 178,000 Mainers each provide an average…
Third-party Contract Beneficiaries
Frequently, an individual or entity not a party to a specific contract may be affected by a breach to that contract. For example, a municipality may contract with a landscaper to periodically remove brush and other shrubbery encroaching on a road. A homeowner uphill from that road gains a benefit from this contract as it…
Proposed Maine Law: An Act to Support Death with Dignity
The joint standing Committee on Health and Human Services heard public testimony on LD 347 and LD 1066 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Representative Jennifer Parker introduced LD 1066 titled An Act to Promote Life with Dignity[i]. The Committee reported out as Ought Not to Pass on April 25. The same Committee is divided on…
Changes to the Federal Nursing Home Requirements
In order for skilled nursing home facilities to receive payment under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, the facility must meet certain federal requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released a final rule revising these requirements. This is the first comprehensive update to long-term care facility requirements since 1991. CMS released…
What Is Long Term Care
What is Long Term Care? And Why Should We Plan For It? What is Long Term Care? Long term care happens in that phase of life when a person can no longer manage his day-to-day activities without someone else’s assistance; that “helper” is often referred to as a caregiver.The caregiver’s services might take…
The CARE Act: Support for Maine’s Caregivers
Caregiving from family and friends is an invaluable help, particularly for older individuals who wish to continue living in their homes. Fortunately, many Mainers support each other by assisting with the multitude of daily living tasks. According to Valuing the Invaluable: 2015 Update by the AARP Public Policy Institute, 178,000 Mainers each provide an average…
Third-party Contract Beneficiaries
Frequently, an individual or entity not a party to a specific contract may be affected by a breach to that contract. For example, a municipality may contract with a landscaper to periodically remove brush and other shrubbery encroaching on a road. A homeowner uphill from that road gains a benefit from this contract as it…
Proposed Maine Law: An Act to Support Death with Dignity
The joint standing Committee on Health and Human Services heard public testimony on LD 347 and LD 1066 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Representative Jennifer Parker introduced LD 1066 titled An Act to Promote Life with Dignity[i]. The Committee reported out as Ought Not to Pass on April 25. The same Committee is divided on…
Changes to the Federal Nursing Home Requirements
In order for skilled nursing home facilities to receive payment under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, the facility must meet certain federal requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released a final rule revising these requirements. This is the first comprehensive update to long-term care facility requirements since 1991. CMS released…
What Is Long Term Care
What is Long Term Care? And Why Should We Plan For It? What is Long Term Care? Long term care happens in that phase of life when a person can no longer manage his day-to-day activities without someone else’s assistance; that “helper” is often referred to as a caregiver.The caregiver’s services might take…
The CARE Act: Support for Maine’s Caregivers
Caregiving from family and friends is an invaluable help, particularly for older individuals who wish to continue living in their homes. Fortunately, many Mainers support each other by assisting with the multitude of daily living tasks. According to Valuing the Invaluable: 2015 Update by the AARP Public Policy Institute, 178,000 Mainers each provide an average…
Third-party Contract Beneficiaries
Frequently, an individual or entity not a party to a specific contract may be affected by a breach to that contract. For example, a municipality may contract with a landscaper to periodically remove brush and other shrubbery encroaching on a road. A homeowner uphill from that road gains a benefit from this contract as it…
Proposed Maine Law: An Act to Support Death with Dignity
The joint standing Committee on Health and Human Services heard public testimony on LD 347 and LD 1066 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Representative Jennifer Parker introduced LD 1066 titled An Act to Promote Life with Dignity[i]. The Committee reported out as Ought Not to Pass on April 25. The same Committee is divided on…