Senior Housing News February 23, 2021
Tim Mullaney

The senior living industry was sidelined from federal financial support for much of last year, due in part to lawmakers’ lack of familiarity with the sector.

Going forward, the industry should do a better job of connecting private-pay senior living with the Medicare and Medicaid programs that command so much attention from lawmakers, Brandywine Living CEO and Argentum board member Brenda Bacon said Monday, during a media Q&A at the Argentum Public Policy Institute, which is being held virtually.

Having spent some of her career on the “other side of the table,” including helping transition Donna Shalala into the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Clinton administration, Bacon knows that HHS and state governments are...

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