Megan Combs |
August 17, 2015 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pushed the deadline for the "two-midnight" rule to the end of the year.
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Robert Gatty |
August 11, 2015 Expect another try by the GOP to repeal the Affordable Care Act. This latest attempt at repeal is tied to the federal budget.
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Sandra Hoban |
August 11, 2015 The costs of caring for sick and frail older convicts are skyrocketing and soon so will the numbers of elderly inmates in the nation’s prison systems. The Ohio Department of Corrections thinks it has found the answer to reducing the state's costs of providing care.
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Pamela Tabar |
July 31, 2015 Happy birthday, Medicare and Medicaid—and can we say, you don’t look a day over 50. But, the healthcare world sure is different now, compared to when you were born.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
July 30, 2015 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is partnering with the state of Rhode Island to try out a new model for providing person-centered care to Medicare/Medicaid dual enrollees.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
July 29, 2015 Overall national healthcare spending is expected to rise by modest amounts during the decade from 2014-2024, notes a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services budget report released today.
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
July 28, 2015 Legislation to inform Medicare beneficiaries of their outpatient status has passed through the legislative branch without a hitch. Now, it’s off to the White House.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
July 23, 2015 A new pilot program model from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will test whether hospice care and curative care should be offered simultaneously, instead of asking terminally-ill patients to choose one or the other.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 22, 2015 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed rule would require long-term care facilities to establish an antibiotic stewardship program in order to participate in Medicare.
Read More » Robert Gatty |
July 20, 2015 The 400-page proposal includes new rules to reduce hospitalizations, infections and resident risks. But, opponents question the financial impacts: Feds estimate the cost would be nearly $90,000 per facility over two years.
Read More » Tavenner left her CMS post in January, and Andy Slavitt has been nominated by President Barack Obama to fill the position.
Read More » Medicare celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 30. Experts on aging discuss the program's history and future goals at an American Society for Aging event this past June.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 13, 2015 Some Medicare Advantage patients were overpaying by thousands of dollars a year, according to government audits.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
July 10, 2015 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a milestone change within its latest Physician Fee Schedule--a new billing code for advanced care planning services. Will it encourage more docs to talk about end-of-life choices?
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
July 9, 2015 In a milestone addition to its physician payment schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes to add a new billing code to allow for the reimbursement of advanced care planning services.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 8, 2015 Aetna agreed to acquire rival Humana for $37 billion in cash and stock on July 3.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 1, 2015 Two senators have introduced a bill that would reduce the number of inappropriate Medicare denials for home health agencies.
Read More » Megan Combs |
June 25, 2015 A new Avalere assessment of quality measures finds many important medical conditions are not represented in Medicare's pay-for-quality programs.
Read More » Megan Combs |
June 25, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 today to uphold marketplace subsidies in the landmark case King v Burwell.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
June 22, 2015 Workgroups responsible for implementing the standardization of documentation codes across care settings under the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act) have been busy during the past year, and SNFs may have to be ready to report under the new assessment data as early as fall 2016, noted panel presenters at this week's Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health IT Summit in Baltimore.
Read More » Megan Combs |
June 22, 2015 More than 240 people were arrested in 17 cities for allegedly billing Medicare for $712 million for care that was never given.
Read More » Robert Gatty |
June 22, 2015 UPDATED June 23, 2015: Congressional actions got a few steps closer to repealing two key Obamacare provisions--the medical device tax and the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Read More » Megan Combs |
June 18, 2015 The American Medical Association and LeadingAge offer praise for the House's vote to remove Medicare cuts that would have funded the Trade Adjustment Assistance program.
Read More » Megan Combs |
June 16, 2015 By March 2016, states with Medicaid providers must be ranked has having a "high," moderate," or "limited" risk of defrauding the program.
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Richard Rogoski |
June 11, 2015 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make its Medicare data available to entrepreneurs with the mission of improving healthcare processes.
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Lois Bowers |
June 1, 2015 CMS plans to issue guidance for screening deceased Medicaid beneficiaries, provide more-complete data for screening Medicaid providers and consider whether the performance of Medicare administrative contractors can be improved.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 28, 2015 Leaders from organizations representing providers of housing, care and services for older adults say they continue to scrutinize the 653-page proposal of reforms to Medicaid managed care plans that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued May 26, but they shared their initial reactions with Long-Term Living.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 26, 2015 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing several changes to its Medicaid managed care regulations to modernize them and improve quality in the delivery of care to beneficiaries.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 26, 2015 Two California nursing homes persistently overmedicated residents, causing infection, sepsis, malnutrition, dehydration, falls, fractures, pressure ulcers and, for some residents, premature death, the federal government maintains.
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