Care perceptions not linked to Medicare spending, report finds
May 29, 2008
Providers do not necessarily need to spend high amounts on Medicare beneficiaries to maintain positive quality-of-care perceptions, the findings of a recent report suggest.
OIG urges CMS to evaluate home health use of telehealth
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 21, 2022
The Office of Inspector General has urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate how the use of telehealth affected the quality of home healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medicare less effective for younger disabled than for older population
Aug 16, 2010
Besides the millions of older recipients on Medicare, more than 8 million younger, disabled individuals receive benefits. But a new report finds that the system doesn’t work as well for the younger...
Your money’s no good here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2017
I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.
CMS plans to reorganize, establishing new positions, offices
Mar 19, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing some major structural changes, according to an internal agency e-mail recently obtained by the National Association for the Support of Long Term...
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.
Medicare physician pay cut contributes to growing trend of patient refusals
Jun 22, 2010
Many physicians have begun to limit the number of new Medicare patients they accept following Friday’s imposition of a 21% reimbursement cut, but these new patient refusals are just the latest in...
Flush with victories, providers gearing up
By
Liza Berger
Feb 06, 2008
The year started off strong for nursing homes — at least as far as public policy was concerned.
Medicare service providers cannot object to a Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor’s (RAC) decision to re-open a payment decision, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Number of physicians rising, but geriatrics continues to struggle
By
McKnight's Staff
May 04, 2012
Although the number of medical students is skyrocketing, healthcare officials say they are concerned whether enough future physicians will choose geriatrics or primary care.