The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has a lot of long-term care providers shaking their heads. They’re not sure they heard one of CMS’s latest proposed rules right.
New CMS rule offers guidance on Medicaid access
May 03, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a newly proposed rule to help Medicaid recipients maintain access to healthcare, even as states struggle to keep up with Medicaid budget shortfalls.
Potential CMS payment reduction would harm nursing homes, experts say
May 02, 2011
Long-term care industry experts are challenging a federal proposal that would cut Medicare funding by as much as 11.3%.
CMS rule would lower hospice payment rates by $80 million
May 02, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a proposed rule that would lower Medicare payment rates for hospices by $80 million in fiscal year 2012.
What we have here is a failure to capitulate
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2011
The saga of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took an interesting, if not sadly predictable, turn last week. Opponents of his patron, President Obama, called...
Nursing homes to be judged by 21 new quality measures on federal website
Mar 04, 2011
The National Quality Forum on Wednesday came out in support of 21 measures to be used to care for both long-term nursing home residents and short-stay patients. These measures will be included in the Centers...
New durable medical equipment bidding process ill suited to long-term care, Congress told
Mar 03, 2011
Structural flaws in the newly implemented durable medical equipment competitive bidding process have caused significant service interruptions and supply problems for residents in long-term care facilities,...
Medicaid audits the focus of new website
Feb 28, 2011
Providers and other stakeholders can learn more than ever about states’ Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) programs thanks to a new website launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services....
New nursing home-closure rule gives providers more duties
Feb 22, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grabbed the attention of providers with a new interim rule regarding new procedures for the closure of long-term care facilities. The rule sharply amends...
New rule would crack down on payments for facility-acquired ‘conditions’
Feb 18, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday proposed a new rule that would deny states federal money—of any amount—to help cover costs associated with adverse hospital-acquired conditions.