Between 2010 and 2012, skilled nursing facilities in 40 states across the nation dealt with Medicaid payment rates that were either cut or frozen, highlighting the importance of stabilizing federal nursing home rates, according to a recent Avalere survey. “These findings speak to the financial pressures nursing facilities face on the Medicaid front,” said Emil Parker, […]
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Group therapy was virtually extinct in the first quarter of 2012 as skilled nursing providers “significantly” changed the mode of patient therapy from group to individual after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the RUG reimbursement system, according to a CMS report. Most Medicare patients are in skilled nursing for short-term stays, […]
Home health care is being made available for up to 10,000 Medicare patients through a health care reform law demonstration that seeks to improve care and lower costs for seniors and people with disabilities, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “This program gives new life to the old practice of house calls, […]
The first federal government website devoted to the policies and people of Medicaid launched this week at Medicaid.gov. Launched and managed by the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), the site also serves as a resource for those who work with the Center’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CMCS has worked to revitalize and […]
Less waste in the healthcare system, including in Medicaid and Medicare, will lead to more affordable care, said Dr. Donald Berwick, the former administrator of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), during an interview with National Public Radio. An NPR listener asked how health care reform was supposed to happen when the nation […]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced this month that it will award a billion dollars in grants to heath care innovators who offer the most compelling ideas toward improved care and lower costs for those enrolled in government-sponsored health care programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Through its “Health Care Innovation Challenge,” CMS will […]
The Obama Administration intends to nominate Marilyn Tavenner to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), after Dr. Donald Berwick steps down as administrator on Dec. 2, according to an email from the Department of Health and Human Services. “Marilyn’s distinguished career in health care and deep knowledge of our efforts to implement health reform […]
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