Medicare

More than 245 Congressional lawmakers are demanding long-term reform solutions to the current Medicare payment system as skilled nursing therapists and other healthcare providers face impending cuts. 

Long-term care operators in Texas are being forced to choose between following state regulations or losing their Medicare and Medicaid pay after Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order Monday prohibiting...

A proposal to expand Medicare benefits tucked into a $3.5 trillion Democratic budget proposal is facing pushback from the American Dental Association.

Despite nursing home residents accounting for just 2% of the Medicare population, the group is disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 when compared to community beneficiaries, according to preliminary...

President Joe Biden announced late Wednesday afternoon that U.S. nursing homes must use workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing vital Medicare and Medicaid funding. Providers immediately criticized...

President Joe Biden announced late Wednesday afternoon that U.S. nursing homes must use workers vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing vital Medicare and Medicaid funding.

Nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs will be required to have all staff vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to continue receiving federal funding for the programs.

Skilled nursing facilities that continually have high hospital readmission rates and emergency room visits among residents could see a reduction in their Medicare payments if Congress moves forward with...

Feds weigh withholding Medicare funding for LTCFs that don’t mandate vaccines … Physicians report 20% increase in burnout, new survey finds … Treatment of tenacious stomach bug that troubles elderly...

Reason.com publishes a video feature called “Great Moments in Unintended Consequences.” Each episode features three problems, three “solutions,” and comical coverage of the unanticipated results....