CMS too burdened and focused on cost to be the epicenter of long-term care reform, experts say
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 21, 2013
Most long-term care reforms rely on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for implementation, but the overburdened agency cannot manage all the needed changes in this area, according to a panel...
Medicare enhances readability and fraud protections with streamlined benefit statements
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 08, 2012
Medicare recipients soon will be reaping the benefits of simplified benefit statements and will see added protections against Medicare fraud, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday.
Long-term care associations to battle Medicare cuts during congressional recess
Aug 04, 2009
Congress may take a recess this month, but the long-term care community isn’t planning on it. Instead, the associations will be working to urge lawmakers not to cut millions in Medicare payments...
CMS should push Congress on therapy rate upgrades: AHCA
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 01, 2014
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should openly urge Congress to change therapy reimbursement, the nation’s largest long-term care provider association stated in recent written comments...
Former CMS boss says reforms underway, regardless of how Supreme Court rules
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 26, 2012
Even if the Supreme Court repeals the Affordable Care Act, its early reforms have already delivered promising benefits, according to former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald...
CNAs urge Congress to reconsider Medicare cuts
Sep 21, 2009
Members of a national association of nursing home certified nurse aides called on Congress last week to reconsider cutting billions of dollars in Medicare payments to nursing homes.
CMS responds to state Medicaid directors’ calls for help
Nov 11, 2011
State Medicaid directors should refrain from making short-term cuts, and instead focus on long-term changes in partnership with the federal government, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
CMS frees up $275 million for state coordinated care initiatives
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 23, 2012
States eager to test payment reform models for federal health programs can apply for awards totaling $275 million, courtesy of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Common pay system for three post-acute care settings appears doable, new report says
Feb 09, 2012
Relief could be on the horizon for providers, regulators and other stakeholders who have struggled to find common evaluation and payment models for individuals who move between post-acute care settings,...
CMS to cut Medicare funding to skilled nursing facilities by $360 million in fiscal year 2010
Aug 03, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late Friday issued a rule that will cut $360 million in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2010.