Building a network: Joan Warden-Saunders, Founder/CEO, NADONA
By
Julie Williamson
Jun 12, 2006
At age 17, while working as a certified nursing aide for a nursing home in Madisonville, OH, Joan Warden-Saunders told a nurse she noticed a resident looking “a little funny.”
The nurse ignored...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is refuting charges from Senate committee members that it has been idle about Part D anti-fraud activities, according to a news report.
CMS leader cautions drug plans to smooth Part D transitions
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 04, 2006
New Medicare drug benefit enrollees must still be offered a 30-day transition period and newly institutionalized beneficiaries must be given a 90-day transition period, the leader of the Medicare program...
HHS program to repay states for dual-eligible drug costs
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 22, 2006
The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a demonstration program to repay states for prescription medications for dual eligibles. States incurred these costs this year as the Medicare Part...
QIOs adopt new “code of conduct” policy
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 30, 2006
The board of directors of the American Health Quality Association has approved a new policy to help all Quality Improvement Organizations to “respond to public expectations for greater transparency...
Legislation to call for federal drug cost reimbursement to states
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 21, 2006
Five senators are planning to introduce legislation that would pay back states for covering the cost of drugs for some beneficiaries during the rocky start of the new Medicare Part D drug program.
Editor’s Desk: A burning issue deserves better answer – and soon
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 13, 2006
There is a scene in the George C. Scott movie “Patton,” where the title character is trying to impress upon foreign colleagues that enemy forces are a little too close for safety’s sake....
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to brush up its information technology investment process, according to a governmental report.
CMS at first to cite flu shot non-compliance after finding other offenses
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
Providers do not have to worry about being cited for non-compliance with the federal government’s new flu and pneumonia vaccination mandate until June, except in cases where other offenses might...
AHCA elects members of defector group to Board of Governors
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
The American Health Care Association has elected three leaders from a rival organization, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, to its newly created 15-member Board of Governors.