LTC gathering stresses workforce issues for White House conference
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Haymarket Media
Apr 21, 2005
A more stable nursing home workforce, more educated residents, or even a long-term care cabinet-level post could be policy topics of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging in October.
Study: Nursing homes to lose $79 billion in funding
Aug 16, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 11.1% reimbursement rate cut to skilled-nursing facilities will reduce Medicare payments to the entire sector by $79 billion over 10 years, according...
Price: ACA repeal bill a ‘first step’ to put Medicaid program on ‘sustainable path’
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Mar 09, 2017
Legislation introduced this week to replace the Affordable Care Act will make the Medicaid program more sustainable, according to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D.
CMS should look at contractor performance, government agency says
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Jun 02, 2015
Following years of provider disputes, the Government Accountability Office released a report Monday encouraging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to look at ways to improve the Medicare Administrative...
House and Senate ACA-replacement bills propose universal long-term care coverage
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Tim Mullaney
Dec 11, 2013
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced a bill to institute a single-payer healthcare system that would include universal long-term care coverage.
Research organizations team up for large-scale senior fall prevention study
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 17, 2013
Two research organizations are teaming up for a major study to reduce the number of fall-related injuries among seniors. Provider input is requested.
United Healthcare concealed enrollment fraud complaints, lawsuit claims
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Jul 31, 2017
UnitedHealthcare has found itself on the receiving end of another lawsuit, this time alleging the insurance giant of concealing complaints of enrollment fraud and other issues.
CTO joins Hyperledger governing board
May 23, 2017
Change Health CTO Aaron Symanski will join the Hyperledger governing board, reflecting the company joining as a Premier Member in the project.
New nursing services group promises a ‘proactive’ voice
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Kimberly Marselas
May 04, 2016
A new, post-acute care nursing organization looks to bring a “fresh and proactive” approach to the field, its leader says.
Advancing Excellence now embraces nurses in policy
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Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2014
Nurses’ efforts to be leaders in a national effort to improve long-term care showed how they can attain greater influence over healthcare policy, according to an article recently published in Geriatric...