Provider COVID-19 relief funds now to be based on 2018 patient revenue
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 03, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services will now be basing its entire distribution of $50 billion in COVID-19 relief funding on providers’ 2018 net patient revenues.
States using Medicaid to provide ‘lifeline’ for providers, association reports
By
Danielle Brown
May 21, 2020
More states are using Medicaid to help nursing homes handle additional costs during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure residents remain safe, according to LeadingAge.
Additional Medicaid increases around country provide cushion for providers during pandemic
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 28, 2020
As long-term care providers face skyrocketing personal protective equipment costs and workforce struggles, several states have worked to ensure providers have enough resources to handle the increased financial...
Nearly half of Medicaid patients’ antibiotics prescribed with ‘no clear rationale’
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 04, 2020
Among millions of antibiotic fills tracked, many had no recent claims for a clinician encounter or a link to an infection diagnosis, say investigators.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, November 8
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2019
Loss of food enjoyment can isolate cancer patients … No hospital disinfectants can kill off C. difficile bacterium … Study helps explain why exercise guards against heart disease … ‘First-of-its-kind’...
How technology can put providers in the Medicaid driver’s seat
By
Steve Grant
Sep 26, 2018
The consequences of the Medicaid headwinds are far-reaching: maintaining and enhancing quality of care is more difficult, and a growing number of facilities are being forced to close down altogether.
The wrenching decision of receivership
Sep 07, 2018
Inadequate Medicaid reimbursement led the Matney family to make a wrenching decision at the end of July: To ask the state to take over the nursing home that had been in their family for 40-plus years.
Also in the News for Monday, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2018
Senate passes spending bill with $425 million boost for Alzheimer’s research … A vitamin-rich diet can help to lower the risk of frailty in older adults, study finds … Oklahoma the first...
Beneficiaries again challenge slow Medicaid application process
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 10, 2018
Connecticut has failed to process Medicaid applications in an agreed-upon time frame, including for long-term care beneficiaries, and a court should hold it in contempt, a new filing alleges. But the state...
Dental, vision for thousands on KY Medicaid canceled after ruling
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 03, 2018
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) announced he will cancel dental and vision coverage for close to 500,000 enrollees in the wake of a judge blocking Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirements.