Instead of saving $2+ billion, early Medicare ACOs drove up federal healthcare costs $384 million, study...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2018
An independent analysis from consulting firm Avalere finds the Medicare Shared Savings Program has underperformed when compared to the government’s own cost-saving predictions.
‘Crying wolf’ or dying breed? Incentives often ignore plight of rural skilled nursing operators
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 29, 2024
As hundreds of nursing homes have shuttered in the last few years, the very strategies meant to prop up the sector have often left the most isolated, resource-strapped facilities with nothing gained.
Nursing homes become ‘high-risk,’ owners to be fingerprinted under new doc pay rule proposal
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 08, 2022
Nursing home owners could face heightened background screening requirements under a proposal tucked more than 1,000 pages into a huge new proposed physician pay rule released Thursday.