The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve the tools it uses to evaluate the quality of nursing home care, a federal report asserts.
FDA delays social media guidance — again
Apr 04, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration has once again postponed the release of its first draft guidance for social media. The federal agency was supposed to release the guidelines in late December, but stated...
New drug plan faces transition challenge
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Haymarket Media
Apr 03, 2006
The Medicare Part D program faces more possible criticism following the expiration of the 90-day transitional period on April 1.
Democrats call for independent investigation into Scully’s threats
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Haymarket Media
Jul 09, 2004
A handful of Democrats requested an independent investigation after the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office determined former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...
Medicare budget faces scrutiny as its actuary speaks out
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Haymarket Media
Mar 16, 2004
The Bush administration faces embarrassment and heated controversy for what appears to be deliberate withholding of internal cost estimates for the Medicare reform bill. The bill will far exceed the quoted...
Entertainment industry workers argue against closure of celebrity nursing home
Nov 18, 2009
In yet another sequel to the story about Hollywood’s nursing home, members of the entertainment community implored the head of the Motion Picture & Television Fund not to close the facility that...
GAO: Elderly, disabled voters still confront access problems
Oct 29, 2009
The Department of Justice should do more to ensure that elderly and disabled individuals have voting access, a recently released report found.
Nursing home operator faces setback in lawsuit that brought $30 million judgment against it
Mar 01, 2009
An appeals court has ordered the retrial of a lawsuit in which a major nursing home chain had most of a $29.8 million punitive damages award against it thrown out. The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled...
Americans want government to negotiate for lower drug prices, AARP poll finds
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Haymarket Media
Feb 23, 2007
Most Americans support giving Medicare the power to bargain for lower prescription drug prices, according to a new AARP poll.
GAO study: State inspectors overlook, downplay facility deficiencies
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Haymarket Media
Jan 17, 2006
A new government study pokes holes in the Bush administration’s claim that its policies have resulted in significant quality improvements in nursing homes.