PACE meeting will examine the evolution and future of growing eldercare model
Oct 16, 2009
Not all of the pivotal healthcare reform talks will be taking place in Washington next week. The National PACE Association’s 2009 annual conference will be taking place from Sunday through Wednesday...
Big vote at hand for healthcare reform
Oct 09, 2009
The next heavy shoe in the nationwide healthcare reform debate is about to drop on Tuesday. That’s when the Senate Finance Committee has decided to vote on what will likely become that chamber’s...
As new year kicks off, providers will be keeping their funny hats and noisemakers in the closet
Sep 25, 2009
Thursday marks the beginning of the federal government’s new fiscal year, and what a tumultuous year it could become for providers.
National long-term care symposium opens amid reform debate
Sep 10, 2009
The effects of congressional proposals on long-term care residents and their caregivers will be put under the microscope Monday at the Fourth Annual Long Term Care Symposium in Washington.
All eyes to Washington as president, returning lawmakers re-ignite healthcare reform rhetoric
Sep 03, 2009
Members of the healthcare industry, and much of the rest of America, will turn their attention to the nation’s capital next week, when Congress and the White House will inject new life into the fight...
Fearful of losing even more funding, providers to pressure lawmakers on healthcare reform
Aug 14, 2009
Although it wasn’t unexpected, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ official announcement that it will be cutting $1 billion from nursing home Medicare payments starting Oct. 1 was...
While others fret proposed funding cuts and potential healthcare reform, Pioneer followers will be focusing...
Aug 07, 2009
Even as provider advocates intensify their lobbying efforts over threatened government funding levels during Congress’s August recess, the Pioneer Network will host its 9th annual conference Wednesday...
With Congress waltzing off, reform advocates will need to start singing a different tune next week
Jul 30, 2009
So much for the healthcare reform fast track. On Monday, the House will begin a summer recess that extends into September. The Senate will start its annual summer break one week later. That means healthcare...
Pressure over healthcare reform builds as U.S. lawmakers’ summer recess nears
Jul 24, 2009
Providers will be waiting, watching and lobbying with baited breath over the coming week, as House leaders attempt to steer their three-headed proposal for healthcare reform before the full House for a...
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...