Lawmakers reintroduce bill to ensure observation stays count toward SNF coverage
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Mar 10, 2017
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Wednesday that would require days spent by hospital patients in observation status count toward the three-day inpatient requirement for skilled nursing...
AHA: Proposal to ease Medicare appeals backlog a move in the ‘wrong direction’
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Aug 31, 2016
A recent federal proposal aimed at eliminating the backlog of Medicare appeals by 2021 would do little more than “scratch the surface of the problem,” according to the American Hospital Association.
Feds want to remove pain questions from hospital report cards to combat opioid abuse
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Jul 08, 2016
Clinicians may feel less pressure to prescribe opioids to hospital patients under a proposal made Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
McKnight’s honored again for news coverage, writing
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May 02, 2016
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News earned top honors in the news coverage, profile writing and special supplement categories in this year’s American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors 2016...
Clinical competencies crucial to managed care success, experts say
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Apr 20, 2016
Clinical competencies crucial to managed care success, experts say
Telemedicine on the rise: Find out more at the Online Expo next week
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Mar 23, 2016
Telemedicine is gaining ground as a hot topic in the healthcare realm, with experts forecasting major growth for the technology in 2016.
‘Novel’ reforms needed to strengthen Medicare, House panel says
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Mar 18, 2016
Medicare is in need of “novel” proposals to preserve and strengthen the program, members of the House Ways and Means Health subcommittee said in a hearing on Wednesday.
Boosting Medicaid benefits, insurance attractiveness key in new LTC financing plan
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Feb 03, 2016
Increasing Medicaid benefits for long-term services and making private long-term care insurance more attractive to consumers are among the changes proposed in a new plan for LTC financing.