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The Food and Drug Administration has once again postponed the release of its first draft guidance for social media.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...
Illuminate HC snares Innovator of the Year Gold Award in Tech competition
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Liza Berger
Oct 10, 2019
The research and development arm of Illuminate HC this year earned the Gold Award in the Innovator of the Year category in the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards competition for its Illuminate...
Regulators go overtime fielding comments and questions on nursing home star-rating system
Jun 25, 2008
While the focus of regulators’ “Open Door Forum” conference call Tuesday might have first appeared to be about getting ready for the December rollout of a new nursing home ranking system,...
Insurer looks to make Genesis HealthCare self-pay large chunk of COVID claims
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Danielle Brown
Apr 22, 2022
Genesis HealthCare’s insurance provider wants the nursing home giant to pay millions before it covers COVID-19 claims being brought by residents.
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.