Expanded leverage for CMS could bolster healthcare reform, Senate told
Apr 24, 2009
The government could use Medicare to test new cost-saving, quality improving healthcare reform efforts, but it would have to give the program more leverage and flexibility, panelists testified at a recent...
Three nursing unions merge, forming 150,000-member organization
Feb 20, 2009
Three major nursing unions have announced they will merge to form one massive union to strengthen their voice in the debate over healthcare reform, according to news reports.
Veterans Affairs unveils first rankings for its 133 nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 15, 2018
Rankings unveiled by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the first time this week allow consumers to compare 133 federally run nursing homes against thousands of privately operated ones ranked by the...
FDA responds to provider pressure, backs off stricter control of fecal transplants for C. diff
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 19, 2013
Individuals with treatment-resistant Clostridium difficile can undergo fecal transplants after giving informed consent, the Food and Drug Administration recently announced. This is a victory for providers,...
60 Seconds with…
Mar 01, 2009
Anne Tumlinson Analyst, Avalere Health Medicare cost survey
Long-term care provisions remain in new White House reform bill
Feb 24, 2010
The new White House healthcare reform proposal released this week contains a number of provisions holding significant interest to long-term care professionals—in addition to the ballyhooed Community...
Government to create five-star rating system for nursing homes; mandating full sprinklering
Jun 18, 2008
Federal regulators plan to adopt a five-star rating system to assess quality care in nursing homes. Respective facility rankings will be posted on the government’s Nursing Home Compare Web site,...
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President adds immigration reform to list of new policy initiatives
Apr 10, 2009
There’s healthcare reform, labor reform, energy reform and banking reform. Now the Obama administration has announced that it will be working on another project: immigration reform.
SNF pay has gotten worse, MedPAC says
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2015
Efforts to reform Medicare have actually damaged the way nursing home operators are being reimbursed, according to a new report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Urban Institute. Report...