Resident hospital transfer forms: The 5 most useful pieces of information
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Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2021
The creators of a new automated hospital transfer form say they have identified the five must-have pieces of information needed to reduce clinical complications when nursing home residents are brought...
Nursing home advocates gearing up for election, ‘high-risk’ lame duck session
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Oct 19, 2016
The American Health Care Association will remain “incredibly vigilant” in advocating for providers’ interests in the nation’s capital through the upcoming election and lame duck...
Nursing homes begin receiving census forms
Apr 02, 2010
While most of the country is filling out their census forms, nursing home residents are just beginning to receive theirs.
Drug makers offer $80 billion toward healthcare overhaul
Jun 30, 2009
The country’s leading pharmaceutical industry group has agreed to cut Medicare prescription drug prices by $80 billion over 10 years, including selling brand name drugs at half-price to seniors in...
Physician 1.7 percent pay fix fails to account for full cuts to therapists, other SNF providers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 06, 2024
Congressional leaders have agreed to increase physician pay by 1.68% starting next week, but that raise still would not make whole a 3.37% cut initiated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
Nearby ED means more avoidable visits from AL residents, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 12, 2023
The closer the nearest hospital, the higher the number of potentially avoidable emergency department visits among assisted living residents, researchers have found. A nearby ED may limit motivation to...
Obama: Healthcare bill would help seniors on Medicare
Mar 16, 2010
The healthcare reform package, if passed, will add almost a decade of solvency to the Medicare program, President Obama told seniors Monday during a stop in Ohio.
Democrats push for reconciliation process ‘shortcut’ to pass healthcare reform, Republicans...
Mar 19, 2009
Senate leaders, as a way to squeeze healthcare reform legislation through Congress, may try to use the budget reconciliation process. This legislative shortcut allows bills to pass through the Senate without...
Also in the News for Monday, April 15, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2024
Senate starts work on permanent Medicare physician pay reform, which could hand annual cuts to therapists, others … Many disenrolled from Medicaid due to unwinding remain without insurance … Brain...
Providers to sound off about CMS survey and certification process
Apr 30, 2010
Nursing home operators have a golden opportunity to let federal regulators know their feelings on new healthcare reform provisions that will take effect soon. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...