Federal data: Nursing home penalties drop significantly
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Haymarket Media
Aug 09, 2004
The number of nursing homes punished for federal standards violations fell by more than 18% when comparing 2000 and 2003 levels, according to a new report. In addition, the number of civil monetary fines...
CMS: Rehab providers can prepare for 3.1% Medicare hike, or more
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Haymarket Media
Jul 30, 2004
Rural inpatient rehabilitation facilities will see their Medicare payments rise more than 20% effective Oct. 1, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS boosts Medicare physician payments for preventive services
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Haymarket Media
Jul 29, 2004
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a rule Tuesday that would give a 1.5% payment increase to physicians caring for Medicare beneficiaries, thereby aiding the agency’s shift to...
Study: Hispanic women wait longer to put relatives in nursing home
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Haymarket Media
Jul 13, 2004
Hispanic women who care for older relatives with dementia wait longer than white caregivers to place their relatives in nursing homes, especially when they are less acclimated to U.S. society, according...
Vast majority of Senators call on HHS to delay ‘75% rule’
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Haymarket Media
Jun 22, 2004
The vast majority of Senators sent a letter Monday to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson asking him to delay the July 1 implementation date set for the “75% rule” on inpatient...
Health agency faces lawsuit for withholding cost estimates of Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
May 24, 2004
Nineteen Democratic members of the House Committee on Government Reform filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Department of Health and Human Services for refusing to release cost estimates for the...
Dozens of companies approved to sponsor Medicare drug cards
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Haymarket Media
Mar 30, 2004
Dozens of Medicare prescription drug cards have been approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. Twenty-eight private entities and 43 managed care plans will be sponsors of the cards. About...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dennis G. Smith defended President Bush’s 2003 reform proposal for Medicaid at the National Conference of State Legislatures meeting in Washington,...
Senate confirms McClellan’s nomination as CMS administrator
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Haymarket Media
Mar 15, 2004
The Senate confirmed President Bush’s nomination of Mark McClellan as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator in a voice vote without formal debate. McClellan’s nomination had...
Bush administration airs ads touting Medicare law
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Haymarket Media
Feb 05, 2004
The Bush administration began to air a 30-second ad Tuesday on network and cable television — a two-month $9.5 million endeavor to ratchet public support for the revised Medicare law and counteract...