Healthcare reform holds promise for dual eligibles
By
Dr. Bruce Chernof
Dec 15, 2009
The proposed “Federal Coordinated Health Care Office” would help to improve the care and services for dual eligibles, or those eligible for Medicare and Medicare.
Editors’ Blog: The CBO as arbiter of healthcare reform
Jun 18, 2009
The Congressional Budget Office offers an unbiased assessment of healthcare reform legislation. So far, its judgments have not been particularly encouraging.
Florida signs Medicaid reform bill into law
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 08, 2005
Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has signed into law a bill that allows the state to begin phasing in his ambitious Medicaid reform plan.
Poll: Americans want medical malpractice reform
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 09, 2004
More than eight in 10 Americans said doctors are being forced to leave their practices because litigation has made medical liability insurance unaffordable, according to a poll put out by the Health Coalition...
Catholic long-term care provider claims free speech violations in its full appeal against Affordable...
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 26, 2014
A Catholic long-term care provider is claiming freedom of speech and religious freedom violations in a much-anticipated legal appeal over the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate.
Pandemic crisis ‘far from over’ in senior living, Argentum tells feds
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 25, 2022
While the nation turns the page on the crisis stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, Argentum is asking the Biden administration to redouble its efforts to help vulnerable older adults and their frontline caregivers.
Healthcare payment reforms must be implemented quickly, CMS told
Jun 09, 2010
Pilot programs designed to test new healthcare payment and reimbursement models under the new reform law need to be conducted much quicker, and more transparently, than previous demonstration projects,...
60 Seconds with…
Dec 01, 2009
Peter Clendenin Executive VP National Association for the Support of Long Term Care
New Medicare, Medicaid initiative to experiment with ideas
By
Liza Berger
Nov 17, 2010
Let the brewing begin! That’s how I interpreted this week’s launch of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
Medicaid Commission to recommend long-term care reform
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 11, 2006
The Medicaid Commission is planning to advise that the federal government reform the long-term care portion of the Medicaid program. The commission said it would issue such a recommendation in its Dec....