The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted in April to recommend an accelerated timeline that would see implementation of a site-neutral post-acute care payment system kick off in 2021.
Medicaid supplemental payment rule heads to White House
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Jul 22, 2016
A rule that would strengthen oversight of supplemental payments for Medicaid providers arrived at the White House for review this week.
Resident, husband dead in nursing home murder-suicide
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Dec 22, 2015
A resident of an Ohio nursing home and her husband are dead following what authorities believe to be a murder-suicide inside the facility.
VA facilities at least equal to others: study
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Sep 05, 2016
The quality of care provided in healthcare facilities managed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is comparable to the quality of community-based facilities, according to a recent research review.
White House calls for ‘aggressive’ plan against billing errors
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Sep 04, 2015
The Department of Health and Human Services needs to adopt a “more aggressive strategy” against Medicare and Medicaid overbilling, the director of the Office of Management and Budget wrote...
CMS: Fraud prevention system saves $820M in improper Medicare payments
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Jul 16, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Fraud Prevention System identified or prevented $820 million in improper payments in its first three years, the agency announced in a report.
Training technique halves dementia risk
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Oct 01, 2016
A highly specialized brain training technique reduced seniors’ dementia risk by nearly 50% over a 10-year period.
Dementia costs rocket past heart disease, cancer
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Oct 28, 2015
Healthcare costs for people with dementia are more than 80% higher than those for people with heart disease or cancer, a new study has found.
State gets green light for $6.2 billion Medicaid waiver
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Jan 06, 2016
A waiver that will give California $6.2 billion to overhaul its Medicaid payment and care delivery systems received federal approval last week.
Improving employee competency testing in long-term care facilities can help reduce rehospitalizations, cut down on workplace injuries and boost overall resident care, an expert told a national gathering...