Dr. Robert Butler, founding director of the National Institute of Aging and a lifelong seniors’ health advocate, died Sunday from complications due to acute leukemia. He was 83.
Providers to need NPI for Medicare, Medicaid enrollment and reimbursement
May 05, 2010
In an effort to crack down on healthcare fraud, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this summer will require all providers and suppliers who qualify for a National Provider Identifier (NPI) to...
Lawmakers tack on Medicaid moratorium bill to major spending measure
May 08, 2008
House Democrats this week attached a high-profile Medicaid moratorium bill to war-funding legislation in an attempt to ensure the bill’s passage.
Experts tell lawmakers: Obama Medicare proposals would hurt long-term care — or maybe not
By
McKnight's Staff
May 22, 2013
U.S. lawmakers heard mixed messages at a hearing Tuesday on how proposed Medicare cost-sharing reforms would impact long-term care. The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health focused in particular...
New York proposes costly Medicaid cuts
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 16, 2004
An interim report released Wednesday by the Health Care Reform Working Group proposed sweeping changes to Medicaid in New York that could save the state and local governments more than $6 billion over...
Bipartisan bill proposes new provider networks to serve chronically ill seniors
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 16, 2014
Skilled nursing and rehabilitation providers would be able to join networks dedicated to treating chronically ill Medicare patients, under a new bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday in both houses of Congress....
Smart Money: Senior living CFOs take a fresh look at the “new norms” of investing
Jan 01, 2010
Senior living CFOs understand that the “investing as usual” mentality simply is not acceptable to boards and CEOs, and is giving way to the “new norm.”
Aldersgate Healthcare selects new workforce management tool
Jun 07, 2016
Aldersgate Healthcare Inc. has chosen a series of SmartLinx Solutions LLC. products to fulfill its workforce management needs.
Legislation would end co-pays for dual eligibles
Jan 04, 2008
Two congressmen are pushing to eliminate Medicare Part D co-payments for dual-eligible residents in home and community-based settings.
Nutritional supplement to improve eyesight released
Nov 29, 2016
Persavita Inc. has introduced a natural eye health product, Saffron 2020. The supplement is meant to maintain eyesight and potentially prevent against age-related macular degeneration.