The president and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition warned the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Wednesday that pharmacy benefits managers are bad for business, for both consumers and the federal government.
Using private sector consultants to help rewrite health regulations “raises a number of issues” if they still have ties to the healthcare industry, according to a top House lawmaker.
Deregulation in the healthcare industry will help providers focus more on care outcomes, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Friday.
The healthcare industry spends roughly $39 billion annually on regulatory compliance efforts, with post-acute care providers bearing the brunt, a new report shows.
President Trump is no fan of regulations, and long-term care operators have more than their fair share to contend with. So it’s a welcome breeze when Trump says he wants to start eliminating some regulations. But the industry ought to do something more on its own.
If you wait to only react to the process, you will have to bite off more than you can chew when the deadlines come.
We are going through culture change and wonder if surveyors will be more lenient with regulations if we do something that is resident choice?
I am a new assistant director of nursing and my administrator asked me to oversee immunizations. Where do I start?
I heard there was communication to surveyors on being required to cite the regulation and not the interpretive guidance. Where can I find this?
It’s important to do a review that considers your region and state. Identify how complaints and care deficiencies were handled last year.
