LeadingAge: Tough times ahead for long-term care providers
Nov 30, 2011
LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix openly acknowledged Wednesday afternoon that the next two years could be tense and difficult for long-term care providers. He was just one of a handful of experts...
Study: Nursing homes to lose $79 billion in funding
Aug 16, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 11.1% reimbursement rate cut to skilled-nursing facilities will reduce Medicare payments to the entire sector by $79 billion over 10 years, according...
Federal officials crack $375 million home healthcare fraud scheme
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 29, 2012
Federal officials have brought down what they said is the largest home health fraud scheme ever concocted. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said around $375 million was billed incorrectly to...
Major new Medicaid rule exempts nursing home residents
Dec 04, 2008
A major new Medicaid regulation gives states “unprecedented flexibility” in configuring their Medicaid programs. Exempted from the rule are nursing home residents, Medicare beneficiaries and...
Medicaid continues shift away from SNF care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 08, 2022
Medicaid spending on home-and-community based services out-gained spending on institutional care, like nursing homes, for a seventh year in a row, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Poll: Public strongly supports Medicare, opposes cuts
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 28, 2013
Medicare spending should not be cut to reduce the national deficit, according to the majority of respondents ina recent national poll from the Harvard School of Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
ONE DAY TO GO: Medicare, Medicaid face drastic cuts under new administration, McKnight’s Online...
Mar 24, 2009
Under President Obama’s budget plan, Medicare and Medicaid spending would be slashed by up to $295 billion over the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated.
Appeals court again sides with healthcare providers over state cuts to Medicaid
Aug 13, 2009
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit again has ruled that California’s lawmakers cannot cut reimbursements to the state’s Medicaid program solely because it needs to reduce expenditures.
Feds recover $10 million in incorrect Medicaid payouts
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2014
Federal investigators recovered more than $10 million in incorrect Medicaid payments made to nursing homes in 2013, an annual review shows.
HHS issues final rule on federal payment rates for new Medicaid beneficiaries
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 01, 2013
The federal government will pay 100% of the Medicaid costs for certain newly eligible beneficiaries under the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed in a final rule...