AAHSA leader issues strongest improvement challenge yet to providers
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Haymarket Media
Nov 08, 2006
While appealing for more collaborative efforts from government regulators, the leader of one of the nation’s biggest nursing home associations also issued his most blunt challenge to his members...
Study finds survey system ‘broken and can’t be fixed’
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2008
A leading nursing-home association is calling for an independent panel to come up with new methods for overseeing nursing facilities. The association’s task force issued 31 recommendations, highlighting...
AAHSA Chief Renews Call For Nursing Care Documentation
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2007
While many providers reacted angrily to a New York Times investigation into nurse staffing levels at equity-owned nursing homes, the leader of the nation’s second-largest nursing home association...
Bill would create national insurance plan for disabled adults
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Haymarket Media
Jul 12, 2007
Long-term care providers praised new legislation that would provide a financial safety net for adults who become disabled. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act of 2007 would...
ACA-mandated cuts will not hit Medicare, official asserts
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2013
Because Medicare’s growth rate will not eclipse a certain threshold, the program will be spared from potential Medicare cuts called for in the healthcare reform law, a top government official said.
Sebelius praises CLASS Act
Jul 08, 2009
The Senate proposal to create a national long-term care disability insurance program Tuesday gained the key support of President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Providers take the long view on budget, doc pay formula
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 01, 2014
Long-term care provider associations focused on the big picture and counted blessings in response to legislative action in the last Congressional session of 2013.
LTC facilities no longer have to pay licensing fees to show movies
Apr 28, 2011
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are once again exempt from paying movie-licensing fees, thanks to an agreement with the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation.
CBO: CLASS Act could eventually contribute to deficit
Dec 01, 2009
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, which appears in House and Senate healthcare reform legislation, could wind up adding tens of billions of dollars to the federal deficit,...
AAHSA praises Berwick recess appointment
Jul 08, 2010
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging applauded President Obama’s appointment Wednesday of Don Berwick to the top spot at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.