House and Senate lawmakers on Tuesday double-teamed Congress with companion bills aimed at mitigating hospital readmission penalties — a positive move for nursing homes because it would ease the invariable...
House bill would ease readmissions penalties for hospitals that treat many dual eligibles and low-income...
By
Tim Mullaney
Mar 13, 2014
Hospitals that treat a high percentage of patients eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid would get a break on readmissions penalties if a new bill in the House of Representatives were to become law....
Bill eases 3-day rule for many operators
By
John O'Connor
Jan 01, 2014
Above-average skilled nursing facilities may become exempted from Medicare’s prior hospitalization requirement, per legislation from Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH).
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...