Providers will focus on promoting solutions to the “doc fix,” bad debt and the observation stay loophole during visits with their Congressional representatives Tuesday. And they shouldn’t...
Congress to hold off on long-term care reform, financial Web site reports
Jun 24, 2009
Congress continues to wrestle with healthcare reform. Meanwhile, a Web site for financial advisers reports that legislators are likely to steer clear of long-term care reform because of the potential cost...
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...
BREAKING: Congressional study eviscerates for-profit nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 21, 2022
Dire conditions inside for‑profit nursing home chains contributed to deadly, early-pandemic conditions inside facilities, while “convoluted corporate structures” may have helped companies “obscure...
CBO analysis paints pros and cons of telehealth
By
Joe Bush
Oct 06, 2022
The Congressional Budget Office identified telehealth as one of the tools to help reduce prices paid by commercial health insurers in a recently released policy analysis.
Provider lobbyists and lawmakers speed up pleas for help with physician fee cuts
By
Joe Bush
Dec 14, 2022
With a looming Friday deadline to keep the government funded, time is running out for Congress to prevent or abate Medicare physician’s fee cuts proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.