LTC commissioners air differences while issuing full report to Congress
Sep 18, 2013
The Commission on Long-Term Care has issued its full report to Congress, fleshing out recommendations that it released last week addressing LTC service delivery, workforce issues and financing systems.
Slavitt, Conway rise in rank at CMS
By
John Hall
Feb 25, 2015
A number of internal promotions and a few staff acquisitions from a Health and Human Services’ insurance unit highlight a series of leadership changes at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,...
Care2Learn adds 2 new training features
Jun 20, 2012
Care2Learn.com recently enhanced its web-based learning and performance engine to include two new features designed to simplify staff training and education: Self-service Course Launch and Auto Assignment....
Tropical storm Fay leaves Florida’s nursing homes largely unscathed
Aug 25, 2008
In the wake of Tropical Storm Fay, nursing homes throughout Florida have been receiving visits from state inspectors, and it appears that facilities have weathered the storm well.
Nursing organizations release list of competencies for nursing home culture change
Jun 01, 2010
A group of nursing organizations on Thursday released a list of 10 nurse competencies for nursing home culture change. The move marks the end of a two-year effort to find the most relevant competencies...
AHCA pushes toward payment reform
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Oct 06, 2015
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living will soon face their “most formidable challenge of all,” in delivering a proposal for payment reform to Congress,...
Provider groups push for RAC reform
By
John Hall
Feb 06, 2015
Hospital industry groups said Thursday they’d rather the government reform the Recovery Audit Contractor program than simply throw more money at fixing an onerous backlog of more than 800,000 Medicare...
Snowe lends a vote to reform—for now
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2009
Breaking a partisan logjam, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe joined Democrats in voting a major healthcare reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee.
Editors’ Blog: The details of healthcare reform
Oct 14, 2009
The bill that received the approval of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday contains a lot of provisions you don’t hear about.
Guest Columns: CMS’s poor performance
Dec 19, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not unveil the new five-star rating system for nursing homes in the most professional manner.