The former head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will now chair a private research organization.
Liability costs rising: report
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2012
Long-term care operators have had to pay 4% more annually in liability costs over the past three years, a new analysis shows.
McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar tackles payment
May 31, 2012
Long-term care operators are facing dramatically changing payment realities in 2012. Industry veteran Pat Boyer will join McKnight’s editors in offering insights and advice that can help guide eldercare...
More legislators ask Leavitt to keep nursing home payments in budget
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Haymarket Media
May 11, 2005
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt received yet another letter from legislators asking him to hold off on slashing Medicare payments to nursing homes in the FY 2006 federal budget.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid officials put out a warning that individuals in 11 states have targeted Medicare beneficiaries with fraudulent prescription drug discount card programs. These people are...
CA combines 280,000 LTC workers to form largest nationwide union
By
Holly Petrovich
Jul 02, 2015
Long-term care workers from 37 counties in California have combined into the largest local union in the country, the Service Employees International Union announced Tuesday.
Ask the Legal Expert about … background checks
By
John Durso
Aug 09, 2017
We do background checks on new employees. But now there’s word we’ll be getting sued because a relatively new nurse aide allegedly improperly touched certain residents. How can we avoid a potentially...
CMS to post more nursing home deficiency data online next month
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 27, 2013
Citing the desire for the public to know more about nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make more information about nursing home deficiencies available online next month, according...
Report: Drugs for dual eligibles cost more under Medicare Part D
Jul 28, 2008
Prescription drugs for Medicare and Medicaid-eligible beneficiaries cost 30% more under Medicare Part D than they would if Medicaid paid the bill, according to a new report from the House Committee on...
Briefing to discuss new long-term care data, opportunities in health reform law
Feb 04, 2011
The future of long-term care under specific provisions in the healthcare reform law will be the focus of a policy briefing at 10 a.m. (Eastern) Monday at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s headquarters...