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.
Uh-oh, Congress is about to ‘fix’ your hiring problems
By
John O'Connor
Jun 07, 2013
Many providers are hoping immigration reform can help ease the field’s chronic understaffing challenges. But like many problems the government sets out to solve, this one is likely to cause a few...
AHCA praises House committee for considering broad Medicare reforms
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 17, 2013
Prompted by a hearing of the House Ways & Means Committee, the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living has reiterated a call for bipartisan action to reform Medicare without...
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.
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.
Leading long-term care industry advocates are eyeing a registered nurse staffing requirement and enhanced Medicaid funding under a set of “bold” reform measures aimed at improving that long-term care...
We’d like a do-over, please
By
Jeff Jerebker
Rick Gamache
Feb 16, 2022
If there was a way to go back to 1965 and have a do-over on nursing home design in America, we would not create or accept institutional architecture.