Senate Finance Committee meets with long-term care, other healthcare industry representatives today
Apr 21, 2009
Lawmakers in Washington returned to work this week after the spring recess, and they are wasting no time in resuming the debate over healthcare reform. The Senate Finance Committee is meeting today to...
Obama wins: New president favors long-term care financing reform
Nov 05, 2008
Democratic candidate Barack Obama last night was elected the next president of the United States. His proposals for long-term care include financing reform.
Fix Medicare now, secretary tells lawmakers
May 01, 2008
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt called lawmakers to action on Tuesday during a speech on the need for Medicare reform.
Bundled payment groups should replace fee-for-service, physician pay commission says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 05, 2013
The current fee-for-service healthcare model should be replaced with bundled payment systems that encourage more coordinated care, the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform said in a report released...
Legislation to boost caregiving workforce introduced
Jan 15, 2009
Members of both the House and Senate Wednesday introduced The Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act, a bill that would seek to bolster the healthcare industry against an expected...
Nursing homes rally against reform cuts
By
Liza Berger
Sep 01, 2009
Long-term care associations launched grassroots campaigns last month to lobby against proposed Medicare cuts.
Polls: Americans confident in Obama’s promise of healthcare reform
Jan 22, 2009
Recent polls show that Americans are both optimistic and realistic about the new president’s promises to reform both healthcare and the economy.
CMS asks nursing homes for feedback on implementing healthcare reform
Apr 29, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking nursing homes for feedback on a number of different healthcare reforms that are expected to take effect soon.
AHCA criticizes administration’s approach to Medicaid reform
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 17, 2006
Providers this week said that that the government’s goal to cut the provider tax is “inconsistent” with its broader goals to reform the Medicaid program.
Nursing homes can assess nutritional status by measuring residents’ calves rather than body mass...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 27, 2014
Nursing home caregivers can get a good idea of residents’ nutritional status by measuring their calves rather than calculating their body mass index with height and weight, according to recently...