Long-term care leaders criticize Washington Post article on reimbursements
Mar 31, 2010
A recent Washington Post analysis of the use of “ultra-high” reimbursement categories for nursing homes “paints a negative, incomplete picture of the growing role and tangible benefits...
Healthcare reform bill to delay implementation of RUG-IV until 2011
Mar 23, 2010
The RUG-IV classification system will not start until Oct. 1, 2011, under the new healthcare reform bill.
New draft legislation would extend therapy caps exceptions process
Feb 12, 2010
Senate Finance Committee leaders Thursday issued a draft of a jobs-creation bill. The legislation would extend the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process and delay through Sept. 30 an impending...
Snowstorm in capital sidelines discussions on therapy caps, Medicare physician pay cut
Feb 11, 2010
A snowstorm that pummeled the East Coast this week has delayed the Senate’s consideration of a jobs bill that would extend the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process and prevent a pay cut...
Need grows for therapy caps resolution
By
Liza Berger
Feb 05, 2010
My how things change. Just a month ago a healthcare reform bill seemed en route to passage. Now its very existence is in question and, by extension, some key long-term care services are too.
Letter urges Congress to extend therapy caps exceptions process
Jan 28, 2010
A coalition of 32 healthcare-related organizations, including the two major nursing home organizations, is imploring lawmakers to immediately reinstate the exceptions process for Medicare Part B outpatient...
OIG: Medicare pays too much for nutrient therapy in nursing homes
Jan 12, 2010
Medicare’s fee schedule for enteral nutrients under Medicare Part B was more than double the prices available to suppliers to nursing homes in 2006, according to a newly released report from the...
Extension of therapy caps exceptions process hinges on healthcare reform passage
By
Liza Berger
Jan 08, 2010
Whether or not you are a fan of healthcare reform, here’s one reason Congress should pass it: It would extend the therapy caps exceptions process.
Therapy caps exceptions process still set to expire by year’s end
Nov 30, 2009
Unless Congress takes action to extend it, the exceptions process for Medicare Part B therapy caps will expire Dec. 31.
Medicare Part A deductible to rise by $32 in 2010
Oct 21, 2009
The Medicare Part A deductible will increase by $32 in 2010 to $1,100, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.