Hospitalization for Medicare patients often leads to nursing home, study finds
Oct 05, 2011
Medicare beneficiaries who are hospitalized for acute-care treatment, including a stroke or hip fracture, are at an “extremely high risk” for needing long-term care in a nursing home, a new...
CMS doubles funding for Senior Medicare Patrol program activities
Oct 04, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday disclosed the availability of $9 million in grants to expand Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs across the country. The purpose of the programs...
Medicare case-mix likely to become more clinically complex, NIC panel asserts
Mar 10, 2010
The looming Medicare payment system will encourage nursing home operators to embrace more clinically complex care, according to panelists who spoke Tuesday at the 2010 National Skilled Nursing Investment...
Sun forecasts lower-than-expected annual earnings
Jan 08, 2010
Skilled nursing chain Sun Healthcare Group Inc. projects earnings per share of $0.92 to $0.98 for 2010.
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Providers approve of Medicaid Commission recommendations
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Haymarket Media
Sep 08, 2005
Providers generally were favorable about the Federal Medicaid Advisory Commission’s new recommendations, saying the suggestions are in the interest of the long-term care community.
Bush administration to look at costs of Medicare
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Haymarket Media
Feb 11, 2005
President Bush said he plans to examine the high cost of Medicare after his administration disclosed this week that the prescription drug benefit would cost more than $720 billion over its first 10 years....
PointRight and Pathway Health have launched the Five-Star Accelerator. It is designed to help skilled nursing facilities reach higher ratings on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Five-Star...
Refine quality to gain better image: leaders
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Elizabeth Newman
Jun 06, 2012
Long-term care providers face negative perceptions and should focus on quality measurements to combat unfair portrayals, association executives said in May.
Health insurer proposes plan for dual eligibles
Oct 18, 2010
Enrolling those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid in managed-care plans could save the United States up to $1.62 trillion over the next 25 years, according to health insurance giant UnitedHealth...