Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) plans to introduce more than $4 trillion in cuts to federal spending over the next decade, and GOP aids say roughly $1 trillion would come from restructuring Medicare as we know it, as reported by the Wall Street Journal today. Under the Ryan proposal, those who retire after 2021 would no longer […]
Category: Medicare & Medicaid
Raising Medicare’s eligibility age by two years would save the federal government $7.6 billion but those costs—and more—would shift to others, according to a report out today. The analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation says that increases in total costs for people 65- and 66-year-olds, employers and the state governments in 2014 would outpace the […]
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its March 2011 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy this week that report outlines the Commission’s recommendations for 2012 rate adjustments in fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare. The Commission recommends how much Medicare payment rates should change—for ten Medicare fee-for-service payment systems (e.g., the physician fee schedule or the […]
Erectile dysfunction drugs are banned from Medicare spending but a new report from the Department of House and Human Services Office of Inspector General shows that the the program improperly used $3.1 million in gross Medicare Part D drug costs for erectile dysfunction during 2007 and 2008. While the number pales in comparison to the […]
You love stats don’t you? Whether it’s for a marketing presentation or that killer press release, you need stats to justify your existence in the elder-world. Never fear about stale stats as your friends at the Administration on Aging recently released its roll forward of its annual update other wise known as Profile of Older […]
Background checks are an important part of employment screening processes required by states but a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General finds that 92% of nursing facilities have employed at least one individual with at least one criminal conviction. The study compiled from analysis […]
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) recently awarded grants to 10 organizations nationwide for the purpose of finding and enrolling economically vulnerable older Americans and younger adults with disabilities into public benefits programs. The grants were provided through NCOA’s National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment which supports person-centered, community-based systems through the creation of […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making a new push as part of the Affordable Care Act to assist in efforts to Medicaid beneficiaries out of institutions and into their own homes or other community settings now and in the near future. The department announced last week that thirteen states are set […]
Veteran care is an important, growing part of America’s aging population challenges and new statistics show the chance that senior veterans and those from the Baby Boomer generation to be homeless are significantly higher than non-veterans. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently published […]
As threat of a government shut down looms over the budget confrontation between Democrats and Republicans, some programs critical to seniors are on the chopping block according to the proposed House budget passed over the weekend by the House Republicans. Some of the cuts outlined in the proposed house budget includes senior housing program cuts […]
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