House Budget leader Ryan touts Medicare reform in 2012 proposal
Apr 05, 2011
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan says his proposed 2012 budget would give Medicaid “back to the states” in the form of block grants, and give seniors a list of privately run insurance...
Finance Committee chairman works to gather bipartisan support for reform bill
Sep 15, 2009
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is pushing this week to gain support for a healthcare reform bill. One of the legislation’s provisions is to trim the market-basket update for...
New CMS guide serves as road map for Medicare coverage, coding
Sep 02, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hopes that a new online guide for Medicare beneficiaries and healthcare providers will be a “one-stop shop” for information on coverage, coding...
Nursing homes can achieve high quality while gaining cost efficiency, researchers find
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 25, 2013
Nursing homes in the United States are generally efficient and able to control expenses without sacrificing quality of care, according to a recently released study in the Healthcare Management Review.
AARP urges lawmakers to exempt Medicare from tax bill cuts
By
Dec 11, 2017
One of the nation’s largest senior advocacy groups is warning lawmakers of the “lasting impact” of Medicare cuts that would be potentially included in the GOP’s final tax reform...
Editors’ Blog: Saving the market basket
Sep 17, 2009
The pivotal Senate Finance Committee healthcare reform bill would not cut the annual Medicare cost-of-living increase to nursing homes. That is reason enough to cheer the bill.
Shift long-term care payment responsibility from Medicaid to Medicare, research group suggests
Mar 08, 2010
In order to better coordinate care for nursing home residents who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, responsibility for long-term nursing facility services should be shifted from Medicaid to...
Critics of nursing-home hospices suspicious of revenue
Jan 31, 2011
When a major lobbying group trumpeted the long-term care industry’s status as an economic and job-creating powerhouse last week, critics took the opportunity to press for further inquiries into how...
Senate takes out therapy caps, physician pay provisions from jobs bill
Feb 16, 2010
Just hours after unveiling a jobs bill that would extend the therapy caps exceptions process and delay a pay cut for Medicare physicians, Senate leaders last week scrapped it in favor of a bill that contains...
Nurse practitioners will do more in skilled nursing facilities if ICAN Act becomes law
By
Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is championing a bill authorizing nurse practitioners to expand their capabilities, including performing all mandatory examinations in skilled nursing facilities.