Proposed legislation would regulate use of antipsychotics in nursing home residents
By
McKnight's Staff
May 23, 2012
A proposed bill would require nursing home staff to obtain informed consent from a resident or their legally designated representative acknowledging the potential risks and side effects associated with...
Welcome back to the game, Senators
By
James M. Berklan
May 23, 2012
If you were beginning to worry that some of long-term care’s most prominent needlers had forgotten to show up for work for most of the last year, you weren’t alone. Good news: They’re...
CMS needs to improve QIOs’ reporting of cost, volume related to quality-of-care reviews
Dec 24, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services cannot be certain that it is budgeting accordingly for Quality Improvement Organizations’ (QIOs) quality-of-care reviews because of potential reporting...
Senate votes to postpone payment cut to Medicare docs
Nov 22, 2010
To the relief of physicians everywhere, the Senate voted Thursday to put off a 23% cut in Medicare pay for doctors until Dec. 31.
Grassley rips CMS Medicare contractors for inappropriate payments
Oct 12, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to have more oversight of Medicare contractors, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) recently argued.
GAO: States’ underreporting of nursing home deficiencies improving slightly
May 27, 2010
A new governmental report released Wednesday shows that federal nursing home surveyors continue to identify more deficiencies in care than state surveyors, but the discrepancy is shrinking.
CMS nominee Berwick may face questions on healthcare ‘rationing’ during confirmation hearings
Apr 22, 2010
Donald Berwick, the current nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, likely will face questions over his views of end-of-life care during his Senate confirmation hearings,...
Long-term care hospitals subject of Senate investigation
Mar 10, 2010
A recent New York Times article has sparked a Senate investigation into Select Medical Corp., one of the country’s largest long-term care hospital providers.
Senate takes out therapy caps, physician pay provisions from jobs bill
Feb 16, 2010
Just hours after unveiling a jobs bill that would extend the therapy caps exceptions process and delay a pay cut for Medicare physicians, Senate leaders last week scrapped it in favor of a bill that contains...
New draft legislation would extend therapy caps exceptions process
Feb 12, 2010
Senate Finance Committee leaders Thursday issued a draft of a jobs-creation bill. The legislation would extend the Medicare Part B therapy caps exceptions process and delay through Sept. 30 an impending...