HHS Secretary: Expect tweaks to nursing home rating system
Mar 18, 2010
The nation’s first nursing home rating system is an important tool for consumers, but changes can be expected, said the country’s highest health official on Tuesday. Health and Human 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...
HHS awards states $285 million to support formation of innovative care and payment models
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 25, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $285 million for 25 states to innovate healthcare delivery and payment systems, the agency announced on Feb. 21. In many of these states, long-term...
House leader urges HHS to end settlements meant to cut Medicare backlog
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 17, 2014
The Department of Health and Human Services may not have had the authority to offer providers special settlements to help clear a huge backlog of Medicare appeals, a leading Congressman said in a recent...
Providers tentatively welcome Medicare payment goals tied to quality
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 27, 2015
Long-term care leaders on Monday called a first-ever federal timeline for greater levels of bundled and other alternative payments “aggressive” but “a good thing.”