Pamela Tabar |
November 20, 2015 Liability loss rates vary widely among individual states depending on tort reform, use of arbitration, the jittery market and many other factors, notes a new analysis.
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Megan Combs |
October 9, 2015 The new accountable care organization model creates a shared-cost program for end-stage renal disease.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
October 7, 2015 The new skilled nursing facility regulations under the IMPACT Act are coming. Has your facility adopted the best processes and attitudes to maximize reimbursement? Policy experts explain why sticking to the old status quo on processes won't be good enough.
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Nicole Stempak |
September 23, 2015 CMS proposes revising the requirements long-term care facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Robert Gatty |
September 22, 2015 The new proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are not sitting well with the head of the American Health Care Association, who says they will takes years and extraordinary cost to implement.
Read More » Nicole Stempak |
September 11, 2015 The commission discusses how to balance quality of patient care with new Medicare payment system.
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Sandra Hoban |
September 2, 2015 Tree of Life Elder Care founder Montgomery Ostrander discusses how his organization has integrated mental health services with therapeutic and holistic programming for residents of its four group homes in California.
Read More » Megan Combs |
August 19, 2015 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid announced that 2,100 participants have moved on to the contract, risk-bearing period of the bundling pilot program.
Read More » 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.
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 » 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 » Megan Combs |
July 14, 2015 The White House Conference on Aging was held Monday, and several new programs and initiatives were announced.
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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Lois Bowers |
May 28, 2015 July 13 will be the date for the White House Conference on Aging national event, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced today.
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 15, 2015 Looming federal elections present the perfect time to step aside and let a successor fill his shoes, LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix tells Long-Term Living in an exclusive interview.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
March 30, 2015 The government’s healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered $3.3 billion in fiscal year 2014 from individuals and companies that attempted to defraud federal health programs serving seniors and others, according to a new report.
Read More » Robert Gatty |
March 17, 2015 Congress may solve the sustainable growth rate puzzle, but for the long term, it may not matter all that much.
Read More » The 2016 federal budget announced by President Barack Obama on Monday is a mixed bag for senior housing and services providers, according to several organizations representing them.
Read More » Providers will be paid by the federal government based on care quality rather than care quantity under new, measurable goals announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Monday.
Read More » Could the Affordable Care Act lead to changes that will affect skilled nursing, hospice and home healthcare and lower Medicare spending? Authors of a new analysis think it could.
Read More » 2015 has dawned and, with it, the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act. Here's what you need to do to make sure you're in compliance.
Read More » Don’t count the Coalition to Preserve Rehabilitation or the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association among the fans of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommendation of “site-neutral” payments for certain beneficiaries.
Read More » Managed care is a growing force that will become far more prominent in post-acute care and will exert much influence over day-to-day operations.
Read More » A rebasing impact report issued by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission suffers from data and methodologic flaws, the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare maintains.
Read More » In this multi-part series, Long-Term Living takes a look at six challenges facing those who serve older adults in the new year.
Read More » I enjoy trying to help you be successful in your professional life. This review of analytics uncovers the issues of most importance to Long-Term Living’s and my friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Read More » Read our complete series on the 12 steps of quality assurance and performance improvement by Nell Griffin, LPN, EdM.
Read More » Antipsychotic medications and therapy are just two aspects of care delivery that will be affected by deadlines in 2015.
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