Senate set to begin debate this week on healthcare reform bill
Nov 30, 2009
Fresh from its Thanksgiving break, the Senate is scheduled to pick up its debate over healthcare reform on Tuesday. Some provisions affecting senior care providers are similar to those in the House bill...
Editors’ Blog: AAHSA’s long-term care reform struggle
Jun 10, 2009
The bill released by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) Tuesday represents a victory for the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. The organization has been fighting for a disability insurance...
60 Seconds with… Stephen Moses, President, Center for LTC Reform
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Haymarket Media
Apr 17, 2006
Q: You say providers may wrongly be fearful of Medicaid-eligibility restrictions Congress passed earlier this year, such as increasing the look-back period. Why?
A: We’ve eliminated the biggest reason...
HHS: Scully pressured Foster to withhold Medicare reform costs
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Haymarket Media
Jul 07, 2004
Former CMS Administrator Tom Scully did threaten Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Actuary Richard Foster with dismissal if he revealed his cost projections for the Medicare reform bill, but in doing so...
Poll: Most seniors don’t understand the Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
Feb 27, 2004
The majority of seniors (64%) said they followed the Medicare reform law closely. However, only 15% understood it very well, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Medicaid pay threat dodged
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Aug 09, 2017
Providers averted potentially billions of dollars in Medicaid funding losses in July after a Senate GOP healthcare reform bill was pulled from consideration.
Governors win delay on push to cut Medicaid pay
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Haymarket Media
Mar 04, 2005
The nation’s governors apparently have won a battle of wills with House leaders – at least temporarily – over when Medicaid reform proposals would be debated.
Editor’s Desk: It’s been a big year (even without healthcare system reform)
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James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2009
You better believe healthcare reform would be important to the long-term care community, no matter how many or few times the phrase “long-term care” might actually appear in any Congressional...
Data sharing a major benefit of bundled payment groups, Medicare administrator says
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 04, 2013
Increased coordination among acute and post-acute providers has reduced rehospitalization rates, signaling that healthcare reform is working, a senior Medicare official told the Senate Finance Committee...
Health IT projected to continue advances
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 09, 2012
In the wake of Tuesday’s election results, the move forward on improved health information technology and the cost savings it could provide should continue, according to a variety of experts.