When we value bridges more than people
It’s self-evident that both Democrats and Republicans like to wear the Santa suit. And who can blame them?
Budget
Consider this when planning a 2021 budget
For providers across the long-term post-acute care continuum, 2021 budget planning should be top of mind these days. Developing accurate budgets is critical for making informed purchasing decisions. Likewise, it’s essential in analyzing financial performance. This was a year of unprecedented challenges for most LTPAC organizations, and 2021 could follow a similar trajectory in many…
Providers critical of Trump budget, which would cut Medicare, kill AHRQ, slash IT agency
President Donald Trump has unveiled his spending priorities for 2019, releasing a budget that would eliminate 22 programs and agencies — including the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality — and dramatically reduce funding for others.
GOP floats spending bill with therapy cap repeal, other health funding elements
A bill that would permanently repeal Medicare Part B therapy caps is alive, but its hopes for passage this week remain dim.
Government funding showdown includes special LTC drama
As drama rages over whether Congress will allow the federal government to grind to a halt Friday night due to a funding tug-of-war, long-term care providers will anxiously watch to see if a repeal of Medicare Part B therapy caps will be a part of any solution.
Oklahoma budget shortfall could send 10,000 home care patients into nursing homes
Budget cuts in Oklahoma may kill a program aimed at keeping seniors in their homes, resulting in up to 10,000 home care patients needing to move into nursing homes, according to local reports.
GOP budget that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid over next decade may be smokescreen
The House passed a budget proposal on Thursday that would slash roughly $1 trillion from the Medicaid program over the course of 10 years. But representatives aren’t planning on seeing those cuts through, according to some observers.
State News for June 2017
State drafting measures to create universal, single payer healthcare program after Canada’s example
Medicare Advantage funding could be cut
Supporters of Medicare Advantage program are roundly criticizing President Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget plan to slash more than $36 billion in its funding over the coming decade.
2016 budget aims for $400 billion in Medicare reductions
Nursing homes will be asked to deliver care much more efficiently and for significantly less over the next 10 years based on proposals in the 2016 budget released by the White House on Monday.
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