Experts tell CMS to learn from past mistakes when creating new pilot programs
Jul 09, 2010
A group of healthcare reform experts is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reflect on past Medicare reform programs as it develops the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation...
Kindred estimates revenue reduction from proposed Medicare Part B therapy rate cuts
Jul 08, 2010
Proposed changes to the Medicare Part B therapy reimbursement rate would reduce Kindred Healthcare Inc.’s annual Medicare revenues related to Part B therapy services by $11 million, the skilled nursing...
More than 90 healthcare groups extend support to CMS nominee Berwick
Jul 02, 2010
More than 90 different healthcare organizations have come forward to support Don Berwick, nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He has faced a barrage of Republican...
AOD recognized by IBM
Jun 29, 2010
IBM Retail Store Solutions announced that Answers On Demand has won its Market Growth Achievement Award. AOD Software resells the IBM Point of Sale line of hardware in conjunction with its own AnswersElite...
A futuristic depiction of long-term care
By
John A. Kunz
Jun 14, 2010
What will long-term care look like in the future? A fictional story offers one possibility.
Implementation of RUG-IV payment plan in 2010 to be interim measure, CMS stresses
May 26, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement “interim” payments that reflect the MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV system this October only if Congress does not pass legislation repealing the...
CMS to implement Interim payment system for RUG-IV in October
May 25, 2010
A new payment plan for the RUG-IV case-mix classification system will take place on Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Monday.
New, tougher regulations for Illinois nursing homes pass the state House, but funding remains an issue
May 10, 2010
Nursing homes in Illinois are facing new higher standards after a unanimous vote in the state’s House—118-0—to pass a major overhaul of the long-term care system. A similar vote is expected in...
Summit on technology and long-term care to be held in June
May 05, 2010
A summit focusing on the electronic health record (EHR), health information technology (HIT) and long-term care will take place next month in Baltimore.
LTC leaders: News report on ‘upcoding’ distorts the facts
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2010
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care and American Health Care Association expressed outrage over a news report that alleged widespread use of so-called “upcoding” in nursing homes.