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...
Providers seek extension of 2% Medicare sequester cut relief through 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 23, 2020
Four of the nation’s top provider groups representing long-term care, home health and hospitals are calling on Congress to extend a moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and for the...
Providers want weekly ongoing pledge of 50,000 COVID vaccines for LTC
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 15, 2021
Nursing home, senior living and aging advocates are pushing the federal government to commit to allocating between 50,000 and 75,000 weekly COVID-19 doses to long-term care pharmacies enrolled in the Pharmacy...
CMS ‘getting pretty close’ to releasing details of COVID-19 vaccination mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers and other healthcare employers remain in the dark as to what will be required with the federal government’s impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees.