Long-term care providers face an additional two years of reduced Medicare reimbursements under a federal budget compromise hammered out in December.
State-aid deal frees new Medicaid funds
By
Liza Berger
Sep 01, 2010
After months of political wrangling, Congress approved a bill that will give states $16.1 billion in additional Medicaid funding.
Stakeholders to gather this week for nursing home quality summit
By
Haymarket Media
Sep 27, 2006
Healthcare providers, caregivers, consumers, government leaders and others will convene a summit Friday to address the state of nursing home quality in Washington, DC.
Obama pen ushers in post-acute changes
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2014
Long-term care leaders were on hand as President Barack Obama signed the IMPACT Act into law on Oct. 6.
Republicans to focus on repealing healthcare reform after today’s midterm elections, Minnix predicts
Nov 02, 2010
Republicans, poised to take over the U.S. House after the midterm elections today, likely will introduce legislation to repeal the healthcare reform law. That’s the opinion of Larry Minnix, president...
New bill would reward nursing home quality through Medicare
By
Haymarket Media
Mar 11, 2005
Providers are praising new legislation that increases Medicare rates for operators that deliver better care.
A first: Bill introduced to hike Medicare pay based on quality of care
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 23, 2004
Nursing homes would receive Medicare reimbursements based on their quality of care for the first time under a bill introduced by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) in the U.S. House.
Katie Smith Sloan is the new LeadingAge president and CEO
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 16, 2015
LeadingAge has promoted its chief operating officer, Katie Smith Sloan, to its top post: president and CEO.
Minnix blasts ‘doc fix’ formula
Mar 20, 2015
The “doc fix” that ends the Sustainable Growth Rate formula drew at least one long-term leader’s sharp criticism. The $213 billion deal, which is still to be voted on in both houses,...
Nonprofit nursing home jobs lose market share to for-profits, study finds
Jan 20, 2012
The nonprofit sector has shown 10 years of record job growth, while for-profit job growth has declined. However, the growth of for-profit nursing home jobs has outpaced nonprofit nursing home jobs, according...