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PACE providers, participants ask committee to enshrine Program of All‑Inclusive Care for the Elderly in state law
Summary
PACE operators, staff and participants asked the committee to recognize PACE in statute (H781 / S477), citing the model’s role in keeping nursing‑home‑eligible seniors in the community, high satisfaction rates and expansion to more than 270 communities.
Program of All‑Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) operators, staff and participants urged the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs to support H781 / S477, a bill to put PACE into state statute.
Jen Maynard, executive director of the Massachusetts PACE Association, described PACE’s expansion: eight providers operate 20 locations serving nearly 6,000 participants across more than 270 communities. She…
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