Higher Medicaid spending away from SNFs here to stay, official says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expects that Medicaid’s recent trend of spending more on home- and community-based services than institutional care will continue for the foreseeable future,...
Medicaid continues shift away from SNF care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 08, 2022
Medicaid spending on home-and-community based services out-gained spending on institutional care, like nursing homes, for a seventh year in a row, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Medicare spending growing at slower rate
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 05, 2016
Medicare spending slowed to a 4.5% growth rate in 2015, even as payments for nursing homes increased, according to a new analysis.
CBO: Medicare spending growth will slow down over the next 25 years, despite pressures from aging population
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 16, 2014
Medicare and Medicaid spending will grow at a slower rate than past predictions indicated, the Congressional Budget Office stated Tuesday. However, an aging population will put increasing pressure on government...
One way or another, Medicaid spending set to rise by billions, report says
By
McKnight's Staff
Nov 28, 2012
Despite state-by-state variation, Medicaid spending is expecting to increase by billions of dollars through 2022, according to a study from the Kaiser Commission of Medicaid and the Uninsured.
