Threat of Medicaid block grants could be axed under Biden
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2021
Long-term care providers who opposed a federal proposal to turn the Medicaid program into a block grant system may get a solid stamp to their leanings under a new move by President Joe Biden.
CMS approves ‘unprecedented’ demo to create Medicaid block grant program
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 12, 2021
Tennessee has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to run a demonstration project that will make it the first state to simulate a Medicaid block grant program.
Price says the right things on Medicare, Medicaid
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 27, 2017
It would be unwise to assume that Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), the likely new head of Health and Human Services, is always going to align with the values of long-term care providers. But in the midst of a whirlwind...
Sequestration and Ryan plan seen as big fiscal challenges
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2013
Last month, the skilled sector figured out sequester cuts would cost providers more than $782 million in payments. Then Paul Ryan broke out the meat cleaver.