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Nursing homes are used to having a target on their back, but that didn’t make this week’s public floggings any easier to absorb.
Senate Finance Committee
‘Days filled with fear and sadness’: Senate witnesses stress need for more staffing, federal support after facilities’ deadliest year
Tales of extremely short-staffed long-term care facilities, and calls for federal funding and support for the direct care workforce led the way during a Wednesday Senate hearing aimed at uncovering what went wrong at nursing homes during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nursing homes on the hot seat today at Senate hearing on COVID-19 ‘deficiencies’
Lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee will be taking a deep dive today behind COVID-19’s deadly impact on nursing home residents and employees.
Senate report details missteps in coronavirus nursing home response
Federal lawmakers recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should revisit its infection control policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s severe impact on nursing homes.
CMS announces Medicare appeals without administrative law judge hearings
Long-term care providers will be able to appeal certain Medicare claims decisions without going through an administrative law judge hearing, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) announced Thursday.
Bill calls for pharma to compensate for ‘doc fix’ solution; would readjust dual-eligibles payment
Senator Jay Rockefeller wants provider groups to support his Medicare Part D plan for a drug rebate bill that calls for money from pharmaceutical companies to replace funds lost from the sustainable growth rate (SGR) removal.
Freeze nursing home doctor pay for 10 years, replace Sustainable Growth Rate system, Senate Finance Committee told
Medicare rates for physician visits to nursing homes should be frozen for 10 years as the government replaces the Sustainable Growth Rate system, a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission official advised the Senate Finance Committee.
Make CMS audits less burdensome, providers urge lawmakers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could take a variety of steps to make audits less burdensome, healthcare providers stated in white papers submitted to members of the Senate Finance Committee. The committee released a report Thursday, summarizing stakeholders’ input and recommendations for improving the audit process.
Tavenner confirmation hearing set for next Tuesday
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Marilyn Tavenner, currently the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, on Tuesday, April 9.
Senate will likely confirm Tavenner, Baucus says
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Marilyn Tavenner, the White House’s nominee to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The committee’s chairman, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), told the Bureau of National Affairs the hearing would take place “soon.”
