Repealing the Affordable Care Act remains a possibility, President Donald Trump continues to say in public declarations.
Medicaid ‘broken,’ needs focus on fraud, Price tells lawmakers
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Mar 31, 2017
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., criticized the Medicaid program as “broken” and needing a stronger focus on fighting fraud and waste during a House subcomittee...
Senate committee to reintroduce bill targeting Medicare audits, appeals
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Mar 30, 2017
A bill aimed at expediting the Medicare appeals process is expected to be reintroduced in the coming months, according to one healthcare insider.
Providers exhale but remain cautious after healthcare bill demise
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Mar 27, 2017
Long-term care providers are hoping to go back to the drawing board with lawmakers this week after a GOP House healthcare bill was yanked off the table Friday.
Technology companies partner
Mar 22, 2017
LincWare has partnered with CVT Software in order to distribute Admit+, the companies announced.
Providers prepare for potential tension on Congressional visits
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Elizabeth Newman
Mar 21, 2017
A tense political environment in Washington, D.C., means long-term care providers headed to Capitol Hill need to be passionate but polite, executives said Monday.
GOP health plan moves forward, moving seniors closer to higher insurance rates, lower access to healthcare,...
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Elizabeth Newman
Mar 20, 2017
Seniors just shy of Medicare eligibility age could find their ability to pay for future long-term care services stymied due to projected rises in health insurance costs that would come under the House...
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Mar 15, 2017
House proposal would require LTC expert on Medicaid advisory panel … SNF nurses charged with stealing residents’ medication, swapping in Tylenol … Study shows promise for C. diff treatment...
Access to nursing homes would dim under Republican proposal, AGS warns
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Mar 13, 2017
Provisions of the recently released American Health Care Act could jeopardize seniors’ access to long-term care, the American Geriatrics Society warned last week.
Medicaid official opposes ACA replacement bill ‘despite political messaging’
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Mar 10, 2017
Chief medical officer of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Andrey Ostrovsky, M.D., took to Twitter on Wednesday to express his concern with legislation of the GOP’s new healthcare plan.