Healthcare reform law includes information technology funding for long-term care
Mar 29, 2010
Long-term care facilities could be receiving funding for health information technology initiatives under the recently passed healthcare reform law, according to reports.
For states, the worst ahead, governors say
By
Brett Bakshis
Apr 01, 2010
For many states, the economic outlook may continue to worsen. That’s according to analysts who spoke recently at a National Governors Association meeting.
Experts favor new payment system rewarding higher quality and more efficient care
Nov 04, 2008
A new survey of healthcare leaders finds that almost all feel the current healthcare payment system is fundamentally flawed and must be reformed. An overwhelming majority favor bonuses for high-quality...
Medicaid questions persist in wake of Obama victory
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 12, 2012
While a controversial Republican-supported Medicaid block-grants option will be off the table after last week’s presidential election, uncertainty will continue about nursing homes’ No. 1 source...
Former CMS boss says reforms underway, regardless of how Supreme Court rules
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McKnight's Staff
Jun 26, 2012
Even if the Supreme Court repeals the Affordable Care Act, its early reforms have already delivered promising benefits, according to former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald...
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Apr 29, 2021
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Editors’ Blog: Your thoughts on long-term care reform
Jun 25, 2009
Reduce administrative costs. Change the Medicaid payment system. Value the resident. These are all ideas McKnight’s readers have offered on the question of how to reform the long-term care system.
Editors’ Blog: Daschle drops out
Feb 04, 2009
Tom Daschle, who was tapped to be the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, withdrew his nomination Tuesday. That could throw off the president’s ambitious healthcare reform agenda.
Editors’ Blog: The upside of labor unification
Apr 15, 2009
It sounds daunting, but the unification of the U.S. labor movement may not be all negative for business. Immigration reform could benefit, for example, from strong union backing. And that could be good...
POLST form triples odds that residents’ treatment wishes are known: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 23, 2020
Nursing home residents who had Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment significantly increased the likelihood that their treatment preferences were documented in their medical record, a statewide...