May 21, 2013 Bob Gatty
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Earlier this month, long-term care leaders briefed Congress on the positive accomplishments and future goals to improving quality of care in skilled nursing facilities.
May 16, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
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CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announces a significantly smaller and more-focused project list for Round Two of the funding awards.
May 15, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
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This week’s Medicare fraud sting operation involved nearly 100 people across multiple states, including physicians, nurses and therapists.
May 1, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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CMS has proposed a new rule that would raise hospice payments under Medicare by $180 million next year.
April 29, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Bed rails are supposed to keep residents safe, but some advocates say stricter standards are needed to keep them from doing more harm than good.
April 25, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Know about someone conducting sneaky Medicare billing practices? CMS’ new whistleblower proposal might pay you more than your boss does.
April 24, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Marilyn Tavenner has obtained a vote of confidence from a Senate committee in her bid to become the first confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in seven years.
April 23, 2013 Bob Gatty
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This summer will be a busy one as Congress deliberates the 2014 budget and how, without revisions, its proposed cuts to Medicare may affect the physicians, hospitals and long-term care providers.
April 22, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Federal agencies and lawmakers keep revising one possible way to curb Medicaid spending growth: Per capita caps.
April 15, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Clinical trials serve a crucial role in bringing new medications and treatments to the people who suffer from various disease. But it takes people willing to take the time to participate. Recently, 16 international organizations have banded together to encourage participation in Parkinson's disease trials.
April 11, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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President Obama's new budget, released by the White House Wednesday, includes plenty of cuts, but also contains a few surprising increases.
April 11, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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President Obama has proposed a $152.7 billion budget to expand access to healthcare, eliminate disability claim backlogs and end homelessness for veterans.
