Assisted living advocate calls for more public financing, less federal regulation of industry
Mar 16, 2011
The issues facing Medicaid coverage in assisted living are fundamentally economic, not regulatory, according to at least one participant in Tuesday’s roundtable discussion on assisted living held...
Analysis: Long-term care could lose billions with block grants; funding answers available
Mar 14, 2011
The long-term care industry would be the third-most impacted healthcare field if state Medicaid funding is converted into block grants, according to a new analysis from Bloomberg News.
Providers enter plea for share of Medicaid funds as governors struggle with increasing obligations
Mar 01, 2011
Long-term care providers delivered an impassioned, carefully constructed argument for stable Medicaid funding Monday as the National Governors Association winter meeting closed on a loud note. The expiration...
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....
HHS sending teams of budget experts to troubled states for Medicaid help
Feb 24, 2011
In an effort to help keep Medicaid off the chopping block in states with budget shortfalls, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has offered to send teams of HHS staffers to states that...
Affordable Care Act provides $4.3 billion to strengthen non-facility long-term care
Feb 23, 2011
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday that the Affordable Care Act will provide additional funding to programs that help Medicaid beneficiaries move out of institutions—such...
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.
Nursing home lobbying group launches job growth ad campaign
Feb 16, 2011
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care is launching a new ad campaign to remind lawmakers that skilled nursing and rehabilitation service facilities are the second-largest health facility employer...
President’s budget proposal cuts Medicaid payments to providers by $28.8 billion over 10 years
Feb 15, 2011
President Obama released his $3.7 trillion budget for FY 2012 Monday, and it would lower Medicaid payments to healthcare providers by $28.8 billion over 10 years.