A newly launched ad campaign hopes to offset calls for funding cuts to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The American Health Care Association and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care are backing...
Obama offers harsh cuts to fund reform
By
Liza Berger
Jul 01, 2009
The president delivered unsettling news to nursing homes last month. He recommended trimming Medicare and Medicaid by $313 billion over 10 years to help pay for healthcare reform.
Provider groups call for $15B reform plan
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2021
The American Health Care Association and LeadingAge have united to propose a registered nurse staffing requirement and enhanced Medicaid funding under a set of new reform measures aimed at improving long-term...
Efforts to restrict arbitration a growing industry concern
By
Elizabeth Newman
Feb 04, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposal to limit the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in skilled nursing facilities created the most angst for providers in 2015, according...
Value-based purchasing will likely continue, expert says
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Feb 05, 2017
Value-based purchasing initiatives and a focus on post-acute partnerships are likely to persist in 2017, despite the possibility of “repeal and replace” of the Affordable Care Act, according...
Reformers take lead as final round nears
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2009
The battle over healthcare reform shows few signs of easing before the end of the year.
CMS: Quality is improving
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 06, 2015
A comprehensive review of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ quality measurement efforts since 2006 paints a mostly positive picture of quality measurements in nursing homes.
Vax efforts get big boost(ers)
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2021
The battle over how best to protect long-term care residents from COVID-19 cases raged into early fall, with federal officials approving some booster shots and providers still awaiting details in mid-October...
Health reform: Reid’s lasting Senate fight
By
John O'Connor
Jan 01, 2010
These have been trying times for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
Providers making their points as Senate dances with reform
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2009
Nonprofit providers cheered when Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) helped Democrats move a major healthcare reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee.