President, Congress heat up healthcare reform efforts
Jun 12, 2009
President Obama and top lawmakers will intensify healthcare reform efforts next week, both in Washington and on the road. Reform measures under discussion potentially have wide-ranging implications for...
Governors offer Congress proposals to overhaul Medicaid
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 16, 2005
The National Governors Association Wednesday suggested to Congress ways to reform Medicaid and trim $10 billion off the program. One proposal entailed allowing states to impose higher premiums, deductibles...
New Jersey to implement standardized forms for nursing home and hospital transfers
Oct 05, 2011
New Jersey will become the first state to require the use of a standardized form when a nursing home resident is transferred to a hospital, or when a resident is moved to a long-term care facility from...
This Price is no bargain
By
John O'Connor
Mar 05, 2017
Dr. Tom Price recently became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Long-term care operators should cast a wary eye for two reasons: Medicaid and Medicare.
New report analyzes effect of healthcare law on long-term supports and services
Apr 12, 2010
The National Academy for State Health Policy, in association with the SCAN Foundation, recently released a detailed look at new healthcare reform policy changes that affect long-term services and supports.
The sorting out begins the week after healthcare reform passes
Mar 26, 2010
Long-term care providers, among others, will spend the run-up to the Easter holiday and beyond continuing to decipher more precisely what healthcare reform provisions mean for them in the short term and...
Minnix expects Senate to include CLASS Act in healthcare reform bill
Nov 11, 2009
The president and CEO of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging feels confident that the CLASS Act will make it into a final healthcare reform bill.
Kindred Healthcare forms partnership
Nov 22, 2017
Kindred Healthcare and the University of Louisville announced a healthcare technology partnership.
Patient ID partnership formed
Jul 05, 2017
NextGate, a provider identity management company, announced a partnership with MatrixCare.
VA to form nursing academy
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 06, 2007
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to work with nursing schools over the next three years to help establish a nursing academy.