House bill would offer some Medicaid funding to nursing homes, reduce Medicare market basket
Nov 02, 2009
The House healthcare reform bill would offer a temporary Medicaid payment program that would provide $6 billion to certain nursing homes for four years. It also would trim the Medicare market basket.
Senate Finance Committee set to vote on healthcare reform bill
Oct 09, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee is planning to vote on its healthcare reform measure Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said. He made the announcement after the Congressional Budget Office released...
View from a healthcare town hall meeting
By
Brett Bakshis
Sep 02, 2009
“There are certain rules we ask our students to follow during assemblies,” Dr. Nanciann Gatta, superintendent of Illinois School District 219, said before introducing Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s...
Provider legal woes mount as push for staffing minimums and accountability builds
By
John Hall
Aug 10, 2022
Two embattled nursing homes were in court this week facing healthcare fraud charges in a case that might illustrate a potentially more fraught legal future for anyone caught trying to get around staffing...
Survey says … healthcare reform gradually coming into focus for long-term care providers
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 06, 2013
For those who think that long-term care providers aren’t sitting up and taking sufficient notice of healthcare reform changes on the way, I say take another think. Providers know they’re in...
Supreme Court opts not to hear healthcare reform challenge
Nov 10, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request from a conservative California legal group to hear a challenge to the Obama administration’s healthcare reform bill. The group took issue with...
White House to release its version of healthcare reform
Feb 22, 2010
The White House today is expected to release its own version of a healthcare reform bill in advance of a healthcare summit to be held Thursday.
Nelson calls for all states to receive Medicaid exemption
Jan 11, 2010
During last month’s Senate healthcare debate, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) negotiated a deal that would exempt his state from having to pay its share of a proposed Medicaid expansion plan. Now he’s...
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Mar 27, 2018
Kansas effort to regulate antipsychotics in nursing homes faces opposition … End of temporary protection for workers sparks panic in caregiving community … Canadian research points to ibuprofen...
Governors: The worst economic hardship is yet to come
Feb 23, 2010
At a meeting of the nation’s governors on Saturday, state leaders predicted that the worst economic times still lie ahead—at least at the state level.