Bill targeting long-term care facilities would add new emergency requirements
By
Joe Bush
Oct 14, 2022
Long-term care facilities would need to have a crisis plan to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 or other public health emergencies, have a stockpile of personal protective equipment, keep families of LTC...
NASL becomes ADVION in ‘inspired’ move; home health, outpatient services gain focus
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 10, 2022
The National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care officially became ADVION Sunday night when the association of ancillary services providers unveiled its new name and expanded focus at its annual...
Current COVID-19 testing requirements and costs ‘unsustainable,’ LTC operator warns
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 10, 2020
Even with additional testing resources from the federal government, nursing home operators say current costs combined with new surveillance requirements are unsustainable.
Nursing home telehealth ‘cliff’ avoided with pay rule adjustments
By
Joe Bush
Nov 03, 2022
Nursing home residents and their distant physicians got good telehealth news in the 2023 Physician Pay Rule issued Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
House repeals Medicare payment advisory board
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 23, 2012
As expected, the House of Representatives repealed the Independent Payment Advisory Board Thursday afternoon.
Providers intensify efforts to influence Congress
By
James M. Berklan
May 22, 2014
More than 400 long-term and post-acute care professionals from across the country completed meetings with their respective federal lawmakers Wednesday in Washington. The meetings were the conclusion of...
LTC lobbyists lining up against special kind of pay cut
By
Joe Bush
Oct 04, 2022
Cynthia Morton is on the verge of a crazy few months to finish 2022. The executive vice president of the National Association for Long Term Care is about to help kick off the 33rd NASL National meeting...
Lawmakers target nursing homes’ biggest payer for fraud reduction
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2018
Two Congressional subcommittees focused on oversight are banding together to look at reducing fraud and waste in the Medicaid system.
AHCA and other groups pushing for extension of 2% Medicare sequester cut; Congress reaches deal on third...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 21, 2020
Healthcare providers, including nursing homes, are demanding continued relief from the 2% Medicare sequester cuts through the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The relief would help improve the “relatively...
‘Critical access’ not at critical mass, but skilled nursing providers push on
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 02, 2023
Support for the concept of critical access nursing homes is growing among providers, but it has yet to gain much traction among industry leaders or the politicians who would need to create such a safety...