Obama wins: New president favors long-term care financing reform
Nov 05, 2008
Democratic candidate Barack Obama last night was elected the next president of the United States. His proposals for long-term care include financing reform.
Call for holistic nursing home reform a ‘wake-up’ for lawmakers, stakeholders
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
A landmark report on American nursing homes issued Wednesday should serve as a “piercing wake-up call,” encouraging lawmakers to invest as they attempt to fix what a National Academies committee called...
Regaining an appreciation of prevention
By
Tara Roberts
Feb 05, 2015
Healthcare is mandated to reduce spending. The problem is that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and others are so blinded by the “reduce spending” element that we have lost our...
Joint HHS, Justice efforts recoup $28 billion in Medicare payments
By
John Hall
Mar 19, 2015
The Justice Department announced on Thursday it had captured $3.3 billion from healthcare fraud prosecutions and other deals in 2014, bringing to nearly $28 billion the total amount it has recouped since...
Missing or wrong data at admissions costs SNFs millions
By
Danielle Brown
May 23, 2022
SCHAUMBURG, Il. — Skilled nursing providers are leaving millions of reimbursement dollars on the table due to avoidable and costly billing errors — with most coming during the intake and admissions...
Online Expo, free CE credits around the corner
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 03, 2015
Providers have an outstanding chance to polish their knowledge and skills in three key areas of long-term care Wednesday. McKnight’s 3rd Annual Fall Online Expo features nationally respected speakers...
Fee-for-service still consumes most Medicare outlays: Report
By
John Hall
May 07, 2015
Far more than half of the $360 billion in Medicare payments made just two years ago were based on traditional fee-for-service models without regard to quality or value, according to an independent report...
Study: Medicaid underfunds nursing homes by $4.2 billion, providers call for pay hike
Oct 23, 2008
Medicaid is underfunding state long-term care efforts by $4.2 billion this year, according to a new analysis of Medicaid financing released Wednesday by the American Health Care Association.
Study: Medicare pay-for-performance penalizes hospitals that treat more elderly patients
Oct 22, 2008
Hospitals that serve large groups of the elderly, poor, African-American or female patients tend to be ranked lower than hospitals with healthier, younger clientele under the Medicare pay-for-performance...
Illinois bill pushes new pay model that rewards outcomes, sufficient staffing
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2022
Nursing home Medicaid rates in Illinois would be tied to resident outcomes and rooms would be restricted to three or fewer residents in a new reform proposal backed by providers and consumer advocates.