SEIU rails against Senate healthcare reform blockers
Dec 18, 2009
The Service Employees International Union, the largest single representative of healthcare workers in the U.S., Thursday lashed out against the current direction of the healthcare reform debates.
Department of Health and Human Services to offer $80 million in information technology grants
Nov 25, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday disclosed that it will provide $80 million in grants to help develop and strengthen the health information technology workforce.
Long-term care providers find silver linings among healthcare reform proposals
Sep 24, 2009
After two days and more than 560 proposed amendments, adjustments to the Senate Finance Committee healthcare proposal are still a long way from being completed, but long-term care providers have found...
Smart Money: Seeing through rates
By
William C. Fisher
Feb 01, 2012
Rates of return are often used as a benchmark for investment performance. As Joan Dixon, CFO of Morningside Ministries in San Antonio, TX, says, “performance reporting can at times be very confusing....
CMS angling to ease providers’ burdens from Medicare Administrative Contractors
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 10, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking providers to help figure out a way to make demands from Medicare Administrative Contractors less burdensome.
CMS physician program linked to pay-for-performance
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
A new voluntary program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services allows physicians to self-report adherence to certain evidence-based quality measures.
CMS crackdown doubles Medicare removals
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 07, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has removed 14,663 healthcare providers and suppliers from the Medicare program in the last two years, the agency announced Thursday. The figure more than doubles...
Facilities must post whistleblower protections, CMS says
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 03, 2007
Many nursing homes and other healthcare providers must inform staff about whistleblower protections starting this week.
GOP sets sights on Medicare, Medicaid
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 08, 2018
Just before tax-reform victory in December, House GOP leaders said their next target would be “entitlement reform” that trims outlays for the Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs.
Guest Columns: Long-term care reform too expensive
Mar 12, 2009
Don’t expect healthcare reform to include long-term care. In fact, given how much we have been spending in Washington, don’t expect healthcare reform at all.