The House’s passage of the CLASS Act clearly has offered momentum for the disability insurance program. Leaders of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging are convinced there...
New plans for LTC? They’re not saying
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2008
When you think about it, long-term care is really a thorny issue—particularly the financing side of it. As Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security resources dwindle, and more people grow older and live...
Oct. 27 Product Theater to highlight six companies
By
Liza Berger
Oct 02, 2020
Attendees of the McKnight’s Product Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 27 will learn about the latest technologies from six industry companies. ABILITY Network, Dude Solutions, NOTIFY Communications,...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Nov. 3
By
Liza Berger
Nov 03, 2020
Staffing fell dramatically at hard-hit nursing homes in early party of pandemic, jeopardizing resident care, WSJ analysis says … CMS mulls COVID-19 vaccination rate as a performance measure …...
Berwick’s remarks offer insight into his healthcare worldview
By
Liza Berger
Nov 19, 2010
Dr. Donald Berwick of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may not have said enough to satisfy some members of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, but he arguably presented some pretty defined...
CBO: judge and jury of healthcare legislation
By
Liza Berger
Jun 17, 2009
As lawmakers pitch their ideas about healthcare reform, there is one agency that is not so easily swayed by political rhetoric. That is the Congressional Budget Office. This public-sector think tank, which...
Analysis: A New Year, a new chapter in COVID-19 struggle
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2021
2021 offers opportunities to help long-term care better fight virus, transform itself.
New Medicare, Medicaid initiative to experiment with ideas
By
Liza Berger
Nov 17, 2010
Let the brewing begin! That’s how I interpreted this week’s launch of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
A vacancy that needed filling
By
Liza Berger
Jul 07, 2010
President Obama has made another recess appointment—this one with big implications for long-term care.
An elephant-sized problem
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2008
If there’s still any doubt that Washington should start caring about the financing of long-term care, one only has to listen to the president. In his State of the Union speech Monday, President Bush...