Pamela Tabar |
August 4, 2017
With the Value-Based Purchasing program due to begin in 2019, CMS is pushing SNFs to get on board with performance baselines now.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 8, 2017
The tech companies will integrate software so providers can create, access and manage claims within the electronic health record.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 4, 2017
The promise of $8 billion for high-risk and pre-existing conditions pushed the bill in the GOP's favor. The bill now moves on to the Senate, where the margins for passage are predicted to be tougher.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 28, 2017
A Connecticut nursing home will receive federal funding to help pay for and provide care to the state’s aging inmates.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 14, 2017
State legislators are rallying behind bills to increase wages for nursing home workers and Medicaid reimbursement levels for nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities.
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Alan C. Horowitz |
February 6, 2017
A new GAO report highlights why experts say the next addition to the Nursing Home Compare five-star ratings should be customer service.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 27, 2016
CMS released its latest episodic care models Tuesday, including the 90-day bundles for heart and bypass patients.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 19, 2016
The pilot will let accountable care organizations manage the Medicaid claims for beneficiaries who receive both Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 14, 2016
The office’s 2017 workplan targets rehabilitation, hospice and hyperbaric oxygen therapy services, in addition to SNF billing.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 10, 2016
A Place For Mom is partnering with a veterans resource organization to spread the word about the Veterans Aid and Attendance Pension, which can help pay the costs for assistance for those who qualify.
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Pamela Tabar |
November 4, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized a rule that will change the way services are reimbursed in off-campus and on-campus settings.
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Nicole Stempak |
October 26, 2016
The nation’s largest private nursing home company will pay $145 million to settle claims it overcharged the government for therapy treatments.
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There’s an argument to be made for being an early adopter with Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Model 3, but there are also questions about how much participants will ultimately save.
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Pamela Tabar |
July 22, 2016
The largest-ever fraud case involved the owner of more than 30 skilled nursing facilities and two others accused of kickbacks and false billing, the Department of Justice indictment says.
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Nicole Stempak |
July 13, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule to change how Medicare pays for primary care with an emphasis on care management and behavioral health.
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Robert Gatty |
June 30, 2016
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) submits it recommendations to Congress for how to establish a unified, cross-setting post-acute care payment system. The plan would redistribute payments among types of stays, making profits more uniform and hopefully reducing unnecessary services and admission preferences.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 29, 2016
A new study on implementation of electronic health records (EHR) has identified several obstacles for doctors, chief among them poor user experience.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 25, 2016
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has issued its annual report on refinements to Medicare payment systems and on issues affecting the medicare program
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Nicole Stempak |
April 15, 2016
Texas has one of the highest turnover rates for nursing home employees. The facilities are having trouble staying competitive with Wendy’s or McDonald’s, which can offer hourly workers a job with better pay and less stress.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 11, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will test a new payment model that encourages doctors to focus on health outcomes rather than volume of visits or tests.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 8, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has imposed steep fines and threatened to terminate Woodbriar Health Center from its programs if serious problems are not resolved by next week.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 8, 2016
The Center for Innovation has invested more than $30 million for Indiana University’s project to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home residents by providing higher levels of care on site.
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Robert Gatty |
April 4, 2016
A U.S. Senate Working Group has outlined priorities for improving Medicare delivery to beneficiaries with multiple, complex chronic illnesses while reducing healthcare expenditures.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 30, 2016
The FBI is looking into claims the 34-year old accountant himself chose which home healthcare patients would be moved to hospice, recruited unqualified patients and charged the government for services not medically necessary.
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