February 25, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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A popular provider of power chairs gets a visit from federal agents in a new Medicare fraud investigation.
February 22, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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How many of your residents are on track to exceed the $1,900 payment cap on physical or occupational therapies? We examine the current therapy cap situation, and why it's such a challenge for long-term and post-acute care.
February 21, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Florida’s governor, once one of the loudest voices against “ObamaCare,” has done a policy about-face and now supports limited Medicaid expansion in the state.
February 19, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its proposals for rate and payment changes for 2014. Seniors may be happy about the Part D drug changes, but insurers aren't as pleased with their end of deal.
February 12, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The new congressional commission on long-term care is slowly forming, as Republicans add two members to the bipartisan group.
February 11, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Hospitals made little progress on hospital readmission rates between 2008 and 2010, and some regions have far more readmissions than the national average.
February 4, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Modern detergents and new laundering technologies have prompted the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise the laundry notes under F tag 411.
February 4, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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How much do you know about your GPO? CMS has instituted stricter disclosure rules pertaining to the financial relationships between providers and drug and device manufacturers.
January 31, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Hundreds of provider sites are ready to test the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ four new models for restructuring the way episodes of care are paid for.
January 31, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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State-based health insurance exchanges, already battered by state resistance and party-line politics, have one more hurdle to overcome.
January 30, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Associate Editor
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Although therapy billing has taken a lot of the heat lately in CMS’ hunt for fradulent billing practices, the next big target might be something more durable.
January 16, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Associate Editor
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Another hospice gets a federal audit as the Office of Inspector General increases investigations at hospices across the country.
