Disability Support & Long Term Care Services

Disability and long-term care refers to institutional and community-based care that support individuals with activities of daily living and services related to age or disability. Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the changes and challenges affecting the disability support and long-term care market markets—the move to managed care and subsequently value-based care, the shift to home- and community-based care, the increase in the aging population, and new workforce challenges.

Latest Resources

• VIA Health Partners Acquires Primary Care Company Equity Health
• WelbeHealth Announces Opening Of Two New PACE Centers, In Sacramento County & San Bernardino County, California
• Eli Lilly Launches New ‘Brain Health Matters’ Campaign In Partnership With Julianne Moore, To Prioritize Brain Health
• A Place At Home Enhances Dementia Care With PocketRN Partnership
• University Of Cincinnati Health Expands Center For Developmental Disabilities
• Angels On Call Homecare Becomes First Home Care Provider In U.S. To Achieve Certified Parkinson’s Disease Care Re-Accreditation
• Encompass Health Plans To Build A 50-Bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital In Haslet, Texas
• MedBetter Health Selects Alzheimer’s Community Care As Key Partner In Delivering Medicare GUIDE Dementia Model
• SCAN Health Plan Expands Its Footprint Into Washington State And Broadens Its Presence In California And Texas
• Dually Eligible Individuals Received 91% Of Outpatient Care From Clinical Settings Other Than FQHCs & RHCs
• Medicare Spending On Remote Patient Monitoring Up 31% From 2023, To $536 Million
• Skilled Nursing Care Provider Organizations Report Frequent Medicare Advantage Plan Denials
• Florida Increases Veteran Access To Assisted Living With Community Residential Care Program
• Many All-Cause Hospitalizations & Emergency Department Visits Among Severely Functionally Impaired Or Terminally Ill Nursing Home Residents Are Potentially Avoidable
• Florida Community Residential Care (CRC) Program

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Maine To Eliminate Planned Use Of Restraints For Adults With Developmental Disabilities 

On June 12, 2025, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed legislation to eliminate the planned use of safety devices or restraints for adults with developmental disabilities. The practice calls for an individual to be restrained in certain circumstances to prevent harm to the individual or others, as indicated in an individual’s behavior management plan. The plans are developed by educational, vocational, residential, or community agencies. The unplanned, short-term use of safety devices or restraints in emergencies… Read

• Billing For Remote Patient Monitoring In Medicare
• Provider Insights Report: Medicare Advantage
• Medicaid MLTSS Programs Covered 71% Of Dual Eligibles In 2022, Up From 39% In 2012
• More Than 80% Of Home Health Agency Markets Were Highly Concentrated In 2022
• Disability Onset Age For ABLE Accounts Eligibility To Increase To 46 Years In January 2026

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