Medicaid

A fresh report from a Congressional advisory panel Wednesday revealed wide fluctuations in state Medicaid rates, findings that come as federal regulators consider a staffing mandate and increasing their...

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A Congressional spending package for fiscal year 2023 supports key healthcare policy requests important to long-term care industry stakeholders, saving some clinicians and services from feared cuts.

Spending bill may preempt governors’ push to end PHE over Medicaid rolls… Nursing home rewards program needs more oversight: critics … Nursing association fighting to keep nursing home open after...

US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is championing a bill authorizing nurse practitioners to expand their capabilities, including performing all mandatory examinations in skilled nursing facilities.

South Dakota governor wants to raise Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes from 70% to 90% of costs for Medicaid patients … NY nursing homes now required to notify families of confirmed new infections...

The leader of one the nation’s largest skilled nursing organizations Tuesday pushed back against a recent popular narrative about understaffing, reiterating concerns about Medicaid pay that continues...

Senators cited constituent concerns about so-called ghost networks — listings of physicians who are unavailable to provide care.

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An association of Medicaid directors wants Congress to give four months’ notice before the end of the public health emergency. It was the main item in a letter to top federal lawmakers last week that...