Setting up an ACO a dangerous business proposition for many providers, lawmaker says
By
John O'Connor
Jan 26, 2015
Don’t count Rep. Diane Black among the supporters of the current model for accountable care organizations. The Tennessee Republican said late last week that it’s too risky for providers who...
ACO bill in House would waive 3-midnight requirement for skilled nursing care
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2014
Certain Accountable Care Organizations would be able to send Medicare beneficiaries to a skilled nursing facility without a prior hospital stay under a bipartisan bill recently introduced in the House...
Profile: A rare bird in Congress
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 01, 2014
When Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) was around 4 years old, she asked for a doctor’s kit. But growing up in a working class family in Glen Burnie, MD, the future nurse and Congressman didn’t know...
60 seconds with … Rep. Diane Black
Feb 01, 2014
Q: You recently introduced a bipartisan bill to create a bundled payment system that would give a lump sum to acute and post-acute providers for a single episode of care. What makes your plan different?
Providers storm Capitol Hill to lobby for favorable Medicare, Medicaid funding
Jul 15, 2011
Pushing for less drastic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, more than 400 long-term care operators visited their lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday as part of the American Health Care Association’s...