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This week we are at The Mayflower in Washington, DC as part of the @TweetNPA 2026 Spring Policy Forum. We are were lucky to have heard from Dr. Oz, CMS Administrator as well as Gary Bacher, the acting head of CMMI.
Tomorrow we hit the Hill!

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🎉 Each year, MassPACE honors a PACE employee who goes above and beyond for our participants with the Phyllis Solomon Award. This year’s winner is Kathy Russell! 🎉

Kathy is an Activities Specialist at @ElementCare PACE!

‘PACE works’: Massive HHS study supports clinical benefits of integrated care program

This article was originally published on McKnights Home Care. A new major government-backed study finds the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a fully integrated, team-based care model, makes a real difference in the lives of dual eligibles, or those who receive Medicare and Medicaid. PACE participants experienced significantly lower rates of hospitalization and emergency […]

Stricter Medicaid work requirement test catches states off guard

This article was originally published on State House News Service. States are scrambling to overhaul their Medicaid work requirement plans in response to a new federal rule that would require stricter limitations than many policymakers and advocacy groups had anticipated. “It will be a significant burden to implement,” said Kody Kinsley, the former secretary of the North […]

Integrated Care and Health Outcomes for Dual Eligible Individuals

This article was originally published on ASPE. This report examines how integrated care models served full-benefit dually eligible Medicare‑Medicaid beneficiaries in 2021. It compares three types of integrated plans—PACE, FIDE‑SNPs, and D‑SNPs—to standard Medicare Advantage plans, with a focus on hospitalizations, emergency department visits, nursing facility use, home‑ and community‑based services, and mortality. Using CMS […]

How a shuttered hospital site in Lynn is being transformed into affordable housing for seniors

This article was originally published on CommonWealth Beacon. WHEN LYNN’S only hospital shuttered in 2020, it was a devastating blow for the North Shore city of 100,000 in the throes of the pandemic. “The closure of Union Hospital is still a source of pain and frustration in this community,” Mayor Jared Nicholson said. “For a city […]

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