A number of key healthcare reform provisions affecting the long-term care industry began Jan. 1, right before the new session of Congress comes back to Washington, according to The Hill.
TN providers team up with insurers for bundled payment program for joint replacements
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McKnight's Staff
May 24, 2012
In anticipation of payment reforms centering on coordinated care, health systems and a major Tennessee insurer are establishing a bundled payment system for joint replacements.
Long-term care provisions remain in new White House reform bill
Feb 24, 2010
The new White House healthcare reform proposal released this week contains a number of provisions holding significant interest to long-term care professionals—in addition to the ballyhooed Community...
60 Seconds with…
Mar 01, 2009
Anne Tumlinson Analyst, Avalere Health Medicare cost survey
Maryland mandates end-of-life wishes form for LTC residents
Oct 11, 2011
Maryland healthcare professionals will soon be required to complete a form outlining a patient’s end-of-life wishes upon admission to a long-term care facility, according to a new regulation.
EHR partnership announced
Oct 24, 2017
Briggs Healthcare has announced a partnership with electronic health records company BlueStrata.
Nursing home lobbyists urge lawmakers for change but don’t expect long-term care reform
Jun 05, 2009
Hundreds of nursing home owners and operators blitzed congressional buildings in Washington on Thursday, pressing lawmakers for better Medicare payments, a halt to post-acute payment bundling system talk...
Government reopens investigation on Medicare advertisements
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Haymarket Media
Mar 17, 2004
The General Accounting Office has reopened its investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services’ promotion of the new Medicare reform law amid news reports that the agency sent out...
GOP might have votes to block Berwick re-nomination as Medicare, Medicaid chief
Mar 07, 2011
Senate Republicans might have enough votes to block the re-nomination of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Don Berwick, it was revealed late last week.
Former Medicare administrators identify different priorities for reform
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 01, 2013
Three former top Medicare administrators offered their proposals for reform Wednesday. The panel spoke at the Kaiser Family Foundation offices in Washington, D.C.