A growing number of people are expected to end their lives in a nursing home, but there’s no way to measure which facilities offer the best end-of-life care—and that needs to change, according to researchers in a recently published article. The nursing home “report card” published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule implementing the Medicaid Community First Choice (CFC) option, but it’s still figuring out what assisted living’s role is in the program. Community First Choice provides incentive for states to expand Medicaid coverage of beneficiaries in noninstitutional settings where it’s effective from both a […]
The clock is counting down until a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) ends Personal Care Services in In-Home and Adult Care Homes (such as assisted living communities) on April 30, 2012, but a North Carolina Alzheimer’s advocacy group is battling to obtain a waiver that prevents approximately 7,000 N.C. […]
After studying the Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payment Demonstration, which will “dwarf all other Medicare demonstrations” and cost $8.35 billion over 10 years, the Government Accountability Office has some advice for the Department of Health and Human Services: Cancel the program. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning on rolling out a […]
Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is still expected to remain solvent until 2024 (the same as last year’s estimate), according to the 2012 Medicare Trustees Report released April 23, but changes to the program are necessary in order to secure its long-term future, says the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Provisions under the […]
Raising premiums and cutting benefits aren’t the only ways to deal with the growing cost of Medicare, but keeping seniors healthy could save the program billions, according to two senators who recently introduced legislation for some preventive incentives. The legislation is for a voluntary Medicare “Better Health Rewards” program, designed to help participating Medicare beneficiaries […]
Senior Housing News has covered Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and their connection to the skilled nursing industry here (a changing referral model dependent on coordination among post-acute care providers) and here (positioning facilities to partner with hospitals and other networks), and also wrote about several senior housing/care REITs and operators who are looking into ACOs. The […]
Although provisions under President Obama’s healthcare law will extend the Medicare program’s solvency, it will also add more than $340 billion to the nation’s deficit in the next ten years, according to a recently released study by conservative policy analyst Charles Blahous. Blahous, who serves as the GOP trustee for Medicare and Social Security, challenges […]
A plan to require nursing homes to hire independent pharmacists to assess residents’ prescriptions has been put on the back burner by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), reports Bloomberg. Regulators “decided to further study the issue for future policy considerations,” Jonathan Blum, deputy director of the agency, said in a conference call […]
Nursing homes remained “highly profitable” despite Medicare reimbursement cuts, but they’re still providing inferior care, says citizen advocacy organization Families for Better Care—a claim that the American Health Care Association (AHCA) was quick to counter. Despite “astonishing” recent nursing home earnings reports for publicly traded nursing homes, resident care remains “mediocre at best” with too […]
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