LTC groups eagerly await Supreme Court decision on healthcare reform
Nov 15, 2011
Despite the mixed feelings about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act among long-term care providers, all groups agree that they will be closely monitoring a case now headed to the Supreme Court....
Nursing home programs authorized by reform law likely to go unfunded
Jun 13, 2011
An initiative to monitor for-profit nursing home chains and another to increase implementation of electronic health records in nursing homes were both included under the Affordable Care Act. But given...
Health lawyers to tackle arbitration, HITECH and health reform at annual meeting
Jun 25, 2010
The American Health Lawyers Association will hold its annual meeting next week in Seattle. Education session topics will include the arbitration process, an overview of HITECH (Health Information Technology...
Raucous debate on Senate health reform bill expected to start Tuesday
Nov 25, 2009
With most policy makers and planners taking a pause during Thanksgiving week, all eyes are looking ahead to Tuesday, when the Senate will kick off what could be several weeks of contentious debate over...
LTC groups throw support behind medical liability reform bill
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 14, 2005
Two long-term care advocacy groups said they are backing medical liability reform legislation introduced last week by U.S. Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and John Ensign (R-NV).
Mobile apps to play larger role in monitoring chronic care: report
Dec 28, 2010
In the year ahead, 14% of adults will use a mobile health app to manage chronic conditions and other health-related matters, according to a report from IDC. The prediction follows a recent Pew survey that...
Nursing homes eyed for cuts as healthcare reform fight spreads to local battlegrounds
Jun 26, 2009
Federal lawmakers take their July 4 recess next week, so they’ll be spreading the battle lines of healthcare reform to hundreds of local venues, intensifying the debate. With Democrats attempting...
How to do it … Mortgage financing 2018
By
John Hall
May 08, 2018
The biggest surge in commercial mortgage debt in 10 years was waning. Census rates fell and public debt lenders hibernated. Early tax reform talk made many owner-operators skittish. Overreacting? Perhaps...
Disruption feared if ACA is struck down
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 06, 2012
Skilled nursing operators are among the many providers waiting — and worrying — about whether the U.S. Supreme Court will scrap the healthcare reform law in a ruling expected to be announced late this...
Lawmakers praise long-term care ‘credibility,’ Paul Ryan says consumers and providers both...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 21, 2014
Long-term care providers have earned exceptional credibility in the halls of Congress and now have a golden opportunity to push for more favorable policies, high-profile lawmakers and leaders of the nation’s...