President Biden and Secretary Becerra Discuss Medicaid Access Rule

Recent comments from leaders within the Executive Branch foreshadow a required passthrough within the Medicaid Access Final rule, which will likely be released before the end of April. On Tuesday, April 9th, President Joe Biden addressed a gathering of advocates focused on the “care economy,” a term used to encompass the childcare and long-term care […]

President Biden and Secretary Becerra Discuss Medicaid Access Rule

Recent comments from leaders within the Executive Branch foreshadow a required passthrough within the Medicaid Access Final rule, which will likely be released before the end of April. On Tuesday, April 9th, President Joe Biden addressed a gathering of advocates focused on the “care economy,” a term used to encompass the childcare and long-term care […]

Biden foreshadows controversial 80/20 rule, offers plan to shorten Medicaid home care waiting lists

Biden plugs home care, family caregivers in State of the Union

Biden Executive Order Aims to Expand Access to Long-Term Care at Home

President Joseph R. Biden signed an executive order in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, April 18, issuing over 50 directives to almost every Cabinet-level agency to expand access to long-term care and child care. (See White House fact sheet accompanying the executive order.) “The actions we are taking today are about dignity, security, working families, […]

President’s FY2023 Budget Request Includes Few Home Care-Specific Policies

Boosts HHS Funding & Extends Sequestration to 2023 On Monday, March 28th, President Biden released a $5.8 trillion proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins October 1st, 2022. While the White House budget is simply a request and Congress has final say on government spending, it does provide a window into the president’s priorities and where his […]

President’s FY2023 Budget Request Includes Few Home Care-Specific Policies

Boosts HHS Funding & Extends Sequestration to 2023 On Monday, March 28th, President Biden released a $5.8 trillion proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins October 1st, 2022. While the White House budget is simply a request and Congress has final say on government spending, it does provide a window into the president’s […]

Writing off Expenses Paid for with PPP Money & a New DoL Decision

By Littler Mendelson The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 contains an important aspect of that legislation that many of you have been clamoring for: companies now may write off expenses paid for with PPP money.  This change was buried in section 276(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (which is […]