States threaten Medicaid cuts as providers plead for the opposite
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 29, 2021
Medicaid reimbursements for Florida nursing homes would drop nearly $81 million next fiscal year in a new budget proposal, pitting state lawmakers against providers in a battle likely to take place in...
New York lawmakers offer historic Medicaid lifeline for nursing homes after years of neglect
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 19, 2024
New York long-term care providers are one big step closer to making up Medicaid funding shortfalls 16 years in the making.
Expansion drove thousands of new Medicaid patients to nursing homes, but do they belong?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 23, 2021
Medicaid expansion increased access to nursing home care for people younger than 65, but it’s unclear whether those patients would have been treated more adequately in other post-acute settings.
State’s nursing homes to see 33% Medicaid rate increase, exec says
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 15, 2023
Montana nursing homes will see an approximate 33% increase in Medicaid rates phased in over two years, said one of the sector’s leading advocates, but it remains to be seen whether even that will be...
BREAKING: Nursing home commission makes 27 recommendations, calls for ‘greater leadership role’...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 16, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released recommendations from the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes on Wednesday and, as expected, they contain a laundry list of...
BREAKING: CMS to mandate COVID vaccines for nursing home staff
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2021
Nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs will be required to have all staff vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to continue receiving federal funding for the programs.
States pushed to publish home care pay. Aggrieved SNF operators also want theirs made public
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 06, 2023
Major provider organizations are raising concerns about equitable post-acute care regulation, given two proposed rules that would increase transparency into states’ payment for some home- and community-based...
Permanent nursing home closures may loom with ‘defining moment’ at hand, providers and union warn
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 07, 2023
Labor and management are in lockstep that the 5% Medicaid reimbursement increase proposed by New York’s governor will not do nearly enough to alleviate the pressures facing nursing homes.
81 percent of nursing homes receive less than cost of care for Medicaid patients: analysis
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 05, 2023
A fresh report from a Congressional advisory panel Wednesday revealed wide fluctuations in state Medicaid rates, findings that come as federal regulators consider a staffing mandate and increasing their...
Providers, states grapple with billion-dollar needs ahead of federal staffing minimum
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 17, 2022
Provider organizations across the country are trying to pinpoint just how much of an investment they’ll need to meet