House votes to remove Medicare cuts from trade bill
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Jun 12, 2015
The House voted 397-32 yesterday to remove controversial Medicare cuts from legislation that would have used Medicare dollars to help pay for the expansion of the Trade Assistance Adjustment program, giving...
Providers challenge proposal that adjusts payments, care
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John Andrews
Jun 05, 2015
Providers in the post-acute care sector seem to be united in wanting BACPAC to take a hike.
Ask the legal expert … about surveyor citations
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John Durso
Jun 05, 2015
One of the first opportunities for a facility to refute surveyor citations or deficiencies and have the survey agency remove them is the Informal Dispute Resolution (“IDR”) process or, when...
State News for June 2015
Jun 05, 2015
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) wants to reduce nursing home reimbursement rates by 3% and raise providers’ bed tax ceiling by 0.5%. But she also hopes to sweeten the deal with an ambitious offer...
CMS opens data to private and commercial sector research
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Jun 04, 2015
Entrepreneurs and other private-sector researchers will soon be able to access data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including the Medicare fee-for-service claims database, for commercial...
eHDS holds user summit
Jun 03, 2015
eHealth Data Solutions (eHDS) is holding its user’s group conference in St. Louis next week.
CMS plans fraud-tracking system
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Holly Petrovich
May 29, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to launch a new provider website to track enforcement actions against Medicare providers over potentially fraudulent claims, Modern Healthcare reported.
Nursing home under investigation for nude photos of resident
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Holly Petrovich
May 22, 2015
A skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility in Indiana is under investigation after inappropriate photos of a resident were allegedly posted by employees on social media.
Bundled post acute payment plan could cost SNFs
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John Hall
May 21, 2015
Nursing homes’ loss would be home healthcare’s gain under a controversial plan that would create site-neutral payments for post-acute care.
Providers fuming after MedPAC calls for cancellation of Medicare pay raise
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John Hall
May 21, 2015
The nursing home industry’s largest trade group is pushing back hard against MedPAC’s recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services forego its planned request for $500 million...