Governors are objecting to a pending rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that will eliminate intergovernmental transfers (IGTs), which help states compile more Medicaid funding.
CMS: Nursing home spending growth slows
Feb 26, 2008
A new report has projected that nursing home spending rose by 3.4% during the year 2006. That is the smallest percentage growth expected in the next decade, according to a new governmental report that...
CMS final rule lowers ceiling on provider taxes
Feb 25, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule that reduces maximum allowable provider taxes to 5.5%.
Proposed rules would increase states’ Medicaid flexibility
Feb 25, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed two new rules that expand states’ flexibility in designing their own Medicaid programs.
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...
Bill would crack down on nursing home abuses
Feb 14, 2008
Nursing home operators with severe care deficiencies could face civil money fines up to $100,000 – 10 times the current maximum – under a new bill set to be introduced today in the U.S. Senate.
CMS to update ‘worst’ nursing home list quarterly, list all names
Feb 13, 2008
All nursing homes on a federal watch list for poor performing facilities will now be publicized on a government Web site, Bush administration officials announced Tuesday.
*BULLETIN: CMS to name more underperforming facilities*
Feb 12, 2008
Reversing an earlier position, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will release the names of additional nursing facilities the government has identified as poor performers.
CMS names facilities with high rates of pressure ulcers
Feb 08, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the first time publicly released the names of facilities across the country targeted for oversight in the areas of pressure ulcers and physical restraints.
CMS demands more from QIOs
Feb 06, 2008
If quality improvement organizations want future federal healthcare contracts, they’re going to have to earn the right grades, officials announced Tuesday.