State news: Dementia care, training the focus of reform efforts
Aug 01, 2012
Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has signed off on sweeping reforms designed to improve dementia care in nursing homes. The law includes a requirement for minimum care standards for dementia care units, and mandates...
CMS actuary voices concern over healthcare reform measures
Jun 15, 2011
In a Society of Actuaries speech on Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ chief actuary accused legislators and policymakers of ignoring his warnings about the sustainability of the...
Helping long-term care join the healthcare reform conversation
Mar 03, 2009
Healthcare spending topped $2.4 trillion in 2008, according to new figures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. So it’s not hard to see why much has been said lately about the need...
AHCA: New reform bill “well-intentioned, but off-target”
Feb 19, 2008
After a brief bout of initial praise for the newly introduced Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008, the American Health Care Association offered a different take on the bill Friday. The...
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 10
Aug 10, 2017
17 state attorneys form coalition against nursing home arbitration … LeadingAge calls for ‘universal approach’ to LTSS coverage … Empirical antibiotic treatment may not reduce CAUTI-related...
Lengthy ‘doc fix’ hearing could mean bad news for provider payments
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 23, 2015
Long-term care providers could have good reason to worry that forthcoming Medicare reforms could cut into their reimbursements, following a two-day hearing on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers reiterated pledges...
CLASS Act receives president’s endorsement
By
Liza Berger
Jul 07, 2009
The CLASS Act has Obama’s back. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said as much today in a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)...
60 seconds with … Rick Matros of Sabra REIT
Jun 01, 2013
Q: Some major REITs are trying to unload their skilled nursing homes, the Wall Street Journal recently reported. What’s Sabra’s position on SNFs?
Pharmaceutical companies commit $80 billion to Medicare Part D drug program
Jun 23, 2009
The country’s leading pharmaceutical industry group has agreed to cut Medicare prescription drug prices by $80 billion over 10 years. President Obama announced it Monday at the White House.
The summer of our nursing homes’ discontent
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2022
Memorial Day weekend usually ushers in a feeling of lightness, but I’m weighed down by uncertainty this year. Will it be a summer of discontent?