Senate committee kicks off investigation into nursing home emergency preparedness rules
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Oct 19, 2017
The Senate Finance Committee will be scrutinizing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ upcoming emergency preparedness rules for nursing homes in light of recent hurricanes, committee leaders...
Hatch targets dubious care
Oct 06, 2017
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has demanded information on nursing home abuse and neglect from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Hatch calls for answers from HHS on abuse, neglect in long-term care facilities
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Sep 18, 2017
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) urged the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday to divulge information on nursing home abuse, following a scathing federal report that found more than a quarter of potential...
Congress mulls Medicaid-Medicare pay parity, and end of ‘doc fixes’
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John Hall
Mar 16, 2015
Long-term care providers are closely monitoring two major lawmaking efforts in Washington this week that have both chambers of Congress debating a plan to end annual Medicare cuts and abolish painful “fixes”...
ICD-10 transition going better than expected for healthcare operators
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John Hall
Feb 10, 2015
Despite two delays and a host of costly implementation issues over the past year, most healthcare providers will likely make a successful transition to the 10th round of ICD codes, a General Accountability...
Lawmakers demand better adherence to Medicaid’s eligibility and asset transfer rules
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John O'Connor
Jan 27, 2015
Two federal lawmakers are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to crack down on states that don’t enforce eligibility and asset-transfer regulations.
House and Senate take on bills that would standardize post-acute care data collection
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 30, 2014
Both houses of Congress now officially are considering bills to standardize assessments across various post-acute care provider types. The House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees introduced...
Federal government needs to boost Medicaid managed care oversight, GAO says
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Tim Mullaney
Jun 20, 2014
The government’s oversight of Medicaid managed care organizations is not strong, even though these entities cover about 50 million people and are growing rapidly, according to a recently released...
Senators advance bill to repeal Medicare outpatient therapy caps, physician payment formula
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Tim Mullaney
Dec 13, 2013
The Senate Finance Committee has advanced a bill that would repeal the Medicare Part B cap on therapy reimbursements and replace it with a new outpatient therapy payment system.
High staff turnover would lead to re-vote on union membership under proposed labor reform law
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Tim Mullaney
Nov 18, 2013
Nursing home workers would have to recertify their union representation after any major changes in staffing, if a newly proposed bill becomes law.