Pressure over healthcare reform builds as U.S. lawmakers’ summer recess nears
Jul 24, 2009
Providers will be waiting, watching and lobbying with baited breath over the coming week, as House leaders attempt to steer their three-headed proposal for healthcare reform before the full House for a...
ACO book helps leaders prepare for future
Apr 04, 2012
In the wake of healthcare reform, accountable care organizations continue to emerge as an increasingly likely care delivery option. The Healthcare Executive’s Guide to ACO Strategy helps operators...
SEIU rails against Senate healthcare reform blockers
Dec 18, 2009
The Service Employees International Union, the largest single representative of healthcare workers in the U.S., Thursday lashed out against the current direction of the healthcare reform debates.
Long-term care providers find silver linings among healthcare reform proposals
Sep 24, 2009
After two days and more than 560 proposed amendments, adjustments to the Senate Finance Committee healthcare proposal are still a long way from being completed, but long-term care providers have found...
CMS provides first guidance letter about Medicaid changes
Apr 12, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released its first guidance letter to states about changes in the Medicaid program as a result of the healthcare reform law.
As Obama addresses Congress tonight, long-term care continues to weigh in on healthcare reform
Sep 09, 2009
Long-term care providers are likely to tune in tonight as President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform to a joint session of Congress.
Obama tries to maintain health reform timeline amid skepticism and doubt
Jul 22, 2009
As President Obama’s August 7 deadline for healthcare reform approaches, he has begun to rally his healthcare troops with a series of public events scheduled for this week, according to recent news...
Reid: Congress to hold off action on Employee Free Choice Act bill
Aug 31, 2009
The Employee Free Choice Act is, at least for the time being, off the table, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) told the crowd at a Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday.
Republicans set to debate healthcare ideas with Obama; Medicaid, malpractice caps may be on agenda
Feb 10, 2010
Republicans are scheduled to participate in a televised showdown with President Obama on healthcare reform on Feb. 25.
States should like bill’s financing of Medicaid expansion, Baucus says
Sep 16, 2009
The financing of a Medicaid expansion that will be part of the Senate Finance Committee’s healthcare reform proposal should please state officials. That is according to Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT),...