Big hurdle cleared so let the REAL bickering over healthcare reform begin
Dec 23, 2009
After clearing key procedural votes already this week, the Senate is expected to pass its healthcare reform bill by a filibuster-proof margin early tomorrow morning. But there won’t be much reason...
A date with C-SPAN
By
Liza Berger
Nov 20, 2009
I guess I know what I’ll be doing Saturday night—pretty much what I did two Saturday nights ago. Channel surfing. I’ll be watching to see if Congress acts on its healthcare reform legislation.
PACE meeting will examine the evolution and future of growing eldercare model
Oct 16, 2009
Not all of the pivotal healthcare reform talks will be taking place in Washington next week. The National PACE Association’s 2009 annual conference will be taking place from Sunday through Wednesday...
Specter becomes Democrat, but still opposes card check
Apr 29, 2009
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, one of the most visible opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act, has announced he will be leaving the Republican Party to caucus with the Democrats. But don’t...
Ask the legal expert: How will the legal system handle healthcare reform lawsuits?
By
John Durso
Jul 01, 2011
John Durso, Esq., Ungaretti & Harris LLP
Congress to hold off on long-term care reform, financial Web site reports
Jun 24, 2009
Congress continues to wrestle with healthcare reform. Meanwhile, a Web site for financial advisers reports that legislators are likely to steer clear of long-term care reform because of the potential cost...
Digital practice in LTC: Impact of AI, AR and digital technologies
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2018
Many of us working on reform since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid in the turbulent 1960s witnessed reform in the guise of reworking, re-engineering, redevising, recreating, redesigning and refashioning.
Nursing home improvements don’t come without workforce investments first: analysis
By
Danielle Brown
May 27, 2022
Quality improvements in nursing homes sought by the federal government and industry stakeholders won’t happen without first making investments to ensure the industry’s workforce is “well-prepared...
LTC-favored provisions were saved in final tax bill version
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 08, 2018
The House passed a sweeping tax reform bill Dec. 20 that the Senate had tweaked and approved hours earlier in the middle of the night. The conversion of a few Senate holdouts in the days previous erased...
Obama creates White House Office of Health Reform
Apr 10, 2009
President Obama Wednesday officially created the White House Office of Health Reform, establishing healthcare reform as a top priority for his administration.