Report: State budgets torn asunder by Medicaid spending
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 18, 2012
Regardless of whether states choose to expand Medicaid, states are facing fiscal crisis related to rising healthcare costs and government pension obligations, a new report finds.
Why managed care is good for long-term care
By
Joseph Healy, Ph.D.
Jun 21, 2012
Managed long-term care can provide a solution to many challenges facing providers. Coordinating patients’ care, working with family members, and focusing on the right type of treatment can lead to...
CMS expands Medicare fraud patrol program
Nov 28, 2011
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering $9 million in grants to expand a program that trains retirees to spot Medicare fraud.
Physicians unhappy with palliative care act
Jun 08, 2011
New York State’s Palliative Care Information Act, which was passed last summer and implemented in February, is meeting resistance from doctors who treat patients at the end of their life.
Groups release blueprint in response to New York’s call to overhaul Medicaid spending
Nov 29, 2010
Two groups recently unveiled a blueprint for home- and community-based services reform in New York. The report is in response to a call from the Citizens Budget Commission to fundamentally restructure...
Governor makes case for transferring costs of dual eligibles to federal government
Jan 14, 2010
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) is attempting to build a “national, bipartisan movement” among big states to shift the costs of dual eligible beneficiaries to the federal government, according...
Group suggests slashing nursing home spending to help fix New York’s budget problems
Jan 06, 2010
One Albany-based group is recommending significant cuts to nursing homes and home care as a way to pare down New York’s $3.2 billion deficit.
New York’s highest court suspends law regulating nursing homes’ withdrawal of money
Dec 02, 2009
A New York State Supreme Court justice sided with for-profit nursing homes in a recent decision. Justice Matthew Rosenbaum temporarily suspended a law giving the state’s Department of Health authority...
New York suspends H1N1 vaccine requirement for healthcare workers
Oct 26, 2009
The New York State Health Department halted a regulation requiring all healthcare workers in the state to receive both the H1N1 and seasonal flu inoculations.
New York to publicly name providers that billed Medicaid for deceased beneficiaries
Aug 20, 2009
The New York Office of the Medicaid Inspector General plans to identify on its Web site those healthcare providers that have billed Medicaid for services provided to deceased beneficiaries.