Nursing homes are “perfect partners” for accountable care organizations and don’t want to be left behind in the changing healthcare landscape, the leader of the nation’s biggest...
House passes GOP-supported fiscal year 2012 budget with big spending cuts
Apr 18, 2011
Voting along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed fiscal year 2012 budget Friday.
Providers hail nursing home eligibility in ACOs
Apr 05, 2011
Provider groups are applauding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed accountable care organization regulations, which would allow nursing homes to participate.
State Medicaid funding reduction looms; nursing home advocates urge caution on Medicaid reforms
Mar 29, 2011
The federal government on Friday will scale back the amount of Medicaid money it sends to states as one phase of a temporary increase to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) comes to an end.
Labor Department releases long-term care core competency model
Mar 24, 2011
The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday released a model outlining the core competencies required of workers in the long-term care industry.
Death rate down, life expectancy rate up, CDC report finds
Mar 18, 2011
In 2009, the average life expectancy of a baby born in the U.S. climbed to 78.2 years, according to the new National Vital Statistics Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the...
MedPAC recommendation of 0% pay increase for 2012 leaves long-term care providers fuming
Mar 16, 2011
Long-term care groups on Tuesday strongly criticized the latest round of recommendations to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Long-term care groups fight National Labor Relations Board on collective bargaining issue
Mar 09, 2011
More than 50 long-term care organizations banded together Tuesday in an effort to maintain current collective bargaining procedures for healthcare unions. A National Labor Relations Board proposal would...
Long-term care leaders, investors to gaze into their crystal balls at Los Angeles meetings
Mar 04, 2011
A pair of investment and operations forums for long-term care operators and lenders will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “New opportunities, new realities:...
Rhode Island’s Gifford named new national nursing home and assisted living quality chief
Mar 02, 2011
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living on Tuesday named Dr. David R. Gifford as their senior vice president of quality and regulatory affairs, a new department within...