Bush agrees to designate $1.2 billion for VA as emergency funds
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Haymarket Media
Feb 01, 2006
President Bush this week agreed to earmark $1.2 billion for veterans’ healthcare as emergency spending following a request form Congress.
SNF VBP review deadline nearing
Aug 17, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reminding participants that the deadline to submit Phase Two Review and Corrections Requests concerning the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing...
LTC, other healthcare sectors to blitz administration about sequestration cuts, possible alternatives
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 09, 2012
When President Obama speaks today about mandated sequestration cuts to Medicare funding, he is expected to set off the most intense period of lobbying yet among healthcare providers. Long-term care stakeholders...
Nursing assistant fired for requesting post-hurricane help on Facebook
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Sep 26, 2017
A Florida nursing home fired one of its nursing assistants earlier this month after she used social media to call for help for the facility in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, according to local reports.
Judge denies HHS’ request to tweak Medicare backlog deadlines
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Jan 06, 2017
A federal court has shot down the Department of Health and Human Services’ request that it reconsider an early December ruling requiring the agency to clear its backlog of Medicare appeals by the...
Obama attacks sequestration, Medicare payments in State of the Union address
By
John O'Connor
Feb 13, 2013
In a State of the Union address largely focused on jobs and the economy, President Obama challenged a divided Congress to avoid automatic funding cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, raise the minimum wage and...
Feds to make it harder for hospitals to reject SNFs’ info requests
By
Marty Stempniak
Dec 18, 2018
A new federal rule, long in the works, would make it more difficult for hospitals to block requests for patient information, including from skilled nursing providers.
CMS changes nursing home inspections in response to sequestration cuts
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 10, 2013
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will change some nursing home survey procedures in response to budget cuts from sequestration, according to memos released Tuesday. The CMS Survey & Certification...
Government officials released good news about the long-term solvency of the Medicare program Friday. The projections were based in large measure on lower projected reimbursements for skilled nursing facilities.