Study: Nursing home hospice services improved care for dementia patients, families say
Aug 01, 2011
Nursing home hospice services boosted care and support for residents dying of dementia and their families, according to new research.
GOP targets Medicaid, CLASS Act
Apr 01, 2011
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) says the Republican version of the fiscal 2012 budget—which will be released next month—will call for $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid funding over 10...
Ask the payment expert … about quality and reimbursement correlations
By
Patricia Boyer
Jun 01, 2013
How can the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services correlate quality of care and reimbursement?
You always need to remember that Medicare is an insurance plan. As such, Medicare has rules, just like...
Increased hospice enrollment would save Medicare millions each year, researchers find
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 06, 2013
Increasing hospice enrollment would improve care for beneficiaries while saving the Medicare program millions of dollars annually, according to a study in the March issue of Health Affairs.
Nursing homes send too many dementia residents to the hospital in their last year of life, study finds
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 11, 2014
Nursing homes could do a better job of keeping residents with dementia out of the hospital during their last year of life, suggests recently published findings in Health Affairs.
New SNF business models and alligators
By
John O'Connor
Apr 02, 2012
There’s an old adage that goes something like this: It’s hard to remember that your objective was to drain the ditch when you are up to your waist in alligators.
New bill would give CMS more tools to address obesity in older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 26, 2023
The Gerontological Society of America gave legislators a thumbs-up for reintroducing the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2023 last week. The legislation would give people on Medicare access to more tools...
Many Americans don’t understand long-term care
By
Roger Roemmich
May 14, 2014
Many Americans remain in denial and are therefore disinclined to pluck the truth from the myths about long-term care, much to the detriment of their own finances as they turn to homecare providers for...
BREAKING: Federal regulators tout $15M in fines, tripling of ‘Immediate Jeopardy’ citations against...
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 14, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday afternoon that it has levied more than $15 million in fines and tripled the most severe type of citations to nursing homes during the six months...
Funding issues hit the spotlight as nursing home advocates gear up for Aging Committee hearing
Mar 03, 2009
The Senate Special Committee on Aging will convene tomorrow to discuss the inclusion of improvements to long-term care as part of overarching national healthcare reform.