With every SNF already under scrutiny, federal task force aims to cut healthcare spending, eliminate...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 30, 2023
A new task force from the US House Budget Committee will look at how to reduce healthcare spending, including ways to modernize healthcare and support access to care.
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.
Also in the news for August 28, 2014 . . .
Aug 28, 2014
Marijuana compound slows Alzheimer’s … CBO: Medicare spending for 2014 will be $9 billion less than projected … Former nursing home bookkeeper pleads guilty to embezzling $188,000 …...
CBO: Medicare spending growth will slow down over the next 25 years, despite pressures from aging population
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 16, 2014
Medicare and Medicaid spending will grow at a slower rate than past predictions indicated, the Congressional Budget Office stated Tuesday. However, an aging population will put increasing pressure on government...
CBO: Affordable Care Act will reduce full-time workforce by more than 2 million in the next decade
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 05, 2014
The full-time work force will lose roughly 2 million people overall by 2024 as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to new figures from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report, released...
Government report: Family size, obesity rate among question marks as long-term care spending surges
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 01, 2013
Long-term services and supports could increase from 1.3% of the U.S. gross domestic product to more than 3% by 2050, according to a recent Congressional Budget Office analysis.
Unicorns, leprechauns, CBO Scoring and other mythical things
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 23, 2012
I recently attended the National Transition of Care Coalition Summit in Washington. It was an eye-opener.
CBO: Federal health spending to slow over next decade
By
McKnight's Staff
Aug 23, 2012
Government outlays for Medicare will add up to 3.7% of the gross domestic product in 2013, rising only to 4.3% of the GDP by 2022, the CBO predicts.
What the healthcare reform numbers now tell us
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2012
It’s really true: There are lies, damn lies and … Congressional Budget Office estimates.
What the healthcare reform numbers now tell us
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 25, 2012
It’s really true: There are lies, damn lies and … Congressional Budget Office estimates.