It was a long first day, but there was tremendous value and everyone who is here has learned what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ positions are with the April updates and some of the...
Providers warn that block grants would hinder state Medicaid budgets
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 06, 2012
A prominent long-term care group is joining several Republican governors in saying that that block grants wouldn’t work for their state Medicaid budgets.
Affordable Care Act authorizes $3 billion to keep elderly and disabled out of nursing homes
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 02, 2012
The Affordable Care Act has freed up $3 billion in grant money available to states looking to keep elderly and disabled individuals out of long-term care institutions.
So this is what hope feels like?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 29, 2012
I don’t know when I’ve ever heard louder joyful shouts of, “We didn’t lose!”
Federal officials crack $375 million home healthcare fraud scheme
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 29, 2012
Federal officials have brought down what they said is the largest home health fraud scheme ever concocted. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said around $375 million was billed incorrectly to...
CMS issues final rule for Medicaid demonstration
Feb 24, 2012
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule on procedures states must follow when running Medicaid demonstration projects.
Providers pleased with Supreme Court Medicaid decision
Feb 23, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court has not ruled against the idea of providers suing the state of California for its efforts to cut Medicaid reimbursements by 10%. The nation’s highest court sent the case back...
Twelve state attorneys general file brief in support the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion
Feb 21, 2012
The attorneys general of 12 states, plus one governor, filed an amicus brief last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid.
Obama budget calls for Medicare cuts for SNFs, penalizes rehospitalizations
Feb 14, 2012
While President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget contains expected Medicare cuts, long-term care groups have expressed their disappointment. Among other proposals, the American Health Care Association...
McKnight’s Online Expo to cover audits, payments for SNFs
Feb 14, 2012
Medicare’s recovery audit contractors (RAC) program recovered $398 million in overpayments in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, according to a government report.