The real reason why the Supreme Court will trounce Obamacare
By
John O'Connor
Mar 30, 2012
I’m not sure why so much hand wringing is taking place over the Supreme Court’s future decision about Obamacare. For as they like to say in Chicago, the fix is in.
Health quality measures approved for adult Medicaid recipients as program faces growing pains
Aug 15, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services likely will focus on 24 health quality measures when evaluating care received by adult Medicaid beneficiaries, according to a draft from an Agency for Healthcare...
Proposed state Medicaid cuts cause backlash from nursing home operators, wouldn’t close budget...
Mar 28, 2011
Medicaid cost-cutting strategies the Department of Health and Human Services has suggested to states will not be enough to close $175 billion in cumulative budget gaps—and that’s the way it should...
HHS issues final rule on federal payment rates for new Medicaid beneficiaries
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 01, 2013
The federal government will pay 100% of the Medicaid costs for certain newly eligible beneficiaries under the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed in a final rule...
CNAs, home health aides in huge demand, but struggles ahead, experts warn
Aug 18, 2011
Certified nursing assistants and home health aides will continue to be in huge demand, but a lack of training and low pay could mean a labor crisis for nursing facilities, home health agencies and even...
The hell with this guy
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 20, 2017
Speaking at the same Mandalay Bay complex in Las Vegas from which a “madman” committed the deadliest mass shooting by a single person in U.S. history just two weeks earlier, American Health...
Congress should increase funding for non-institutional care, link payment and performance, Medicaid directors...
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 30, 2013
The U.S. system for providing long-term care should be changed to reduce the number of people living in facilities and better align spending with health outcomes, according to comments that state Medicaid...
Ask the legal expert … about the Talevski case
By
Norris Cunningham
Sep 12, 2023
Why is everyone so concerned about the Supreme Court case allowing resident rights cases against state-operated facilities?
Nursing-home study: Inspection system ‘broken and can’t be fixed’
Aug 13, 2008
A leading nursing-home association is calling for an independent panel to come up with new methods for overseeing nursing facilities. The association’s task force issued 31 recommendations Tuesday,...
Nursing homes blamed for high opt-out rates in dual eligible demo
By
John Hall
May 18, 2015
Huge numbers of dual-eligible beneficiaries are leaving a demonstration project that hopes to improve payments for people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.