Legislators prepared to halt pending physician payment cut
Jun 03, 2008
Lawmakers in Washington plan to move forward with legislation in the next two weeks to prevent a 10.6% cut in Medicare physicians’ payments.
Healthcare flare-up on campaign trail
By
Liza Berger
May 19, 2008
Things are heating up on the campaign trail, and I guess we can be grateful that healthcare is emerging as a new source of political offensives. On Saturday, Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama (IL)...
House and Senate Democrats have agreed upon a $3.3 trillion budget blueprint that does not include some potentially harmful funding cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
Like House, Senate tries to ensure passage of Medicaid moratorium bill
May 09, 2008
The Senate Thursday marked up its own version of a war-funding bill that includes a moratorium on seven unpopular Medicaid provisions. The House of Representatives attached moratorium legislation to a...
Arbitration bill draws angst from provider association
May 01, 2008
One group was notably absent when the cheering erupted over the introduction of a bill that would ban arbitration agreements from nursing home admission contracts: providers.
Lawmakers seek delay for new Medicaid rules
By
John O'Connor
May 01, 2008
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has voted 46-0 to delay imminent Medicaid-rule changes that would cut payments and services in the long-term care sector. Most notably, the pending reductions would...
Go ahead and tune out the upcoming blather
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2008
Stop what you’re doing for a moment and just listen. Yes, that is gentle quacking you hear in the distance.
Leavitt: Bush would approve delay of two Medicaid regulations
May 01, 2008
The Bush administration would accept a short-term moratorium on two of seven proposed Medicaid regulations, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said this week.
Almost half of states expecting budget woes in FY 2009
Apr 29, 2008
The financial crisis has battered the budgets of states across the country, according to a new report. That could bode badly if the government proceeds with regulations to cut Medicaid.
Bush signs falls prevention bill
Apr 28, 2008
President Bush late last week signed the Safety of Seniors Act, a bill that aims to raise awareness about falls among the elderly and expands research into identifying at-risk populations.