May 7, 2013 Charlene Marietti
news
CMS publishes proposals for changes to FY 2014 payment rates, quality data collection and reporting requirements, and qualification criteria for long-term care providers in the Federal Register.
May 6, 2013 Charlene Marietti
news
Vitas Hospice Services is charged by DOJ with engaging in business practices that resulted in inappropriate patient admissions and upcoded claims submissions to Medicare.
May 1, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
CMS has proposed a new rule that would raise hospice payments under Medicare by $180 million next year.
April 25, 2013 Jason E. Bring, Esq.
blog
Alleged poor quality charges are landing providers in the poorhouse. A look at cases based on poor quality of care and the subsequent verdicts handed down.
April 25, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
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
news
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
article
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
news
Federal agencies and lawmakers keep revising one possible way to curb Medicaid spending growth: Per capita caps.
April 16, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
news
Next year, in an effort to improve quality of care, skilled nursing facilities may share the penalties already levied to hospitals for 30-day Medicare hospital readmissions.
April 11, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
President Obama's new budget, released by the White House Wednesday, includes plenty of cuts, but also contains a few surprising increases.
April 4, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
news
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services document clarifies what tasks physicians may delegate to nurses within nursing homes serving Medicare and Medicaid residents.
April 2, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Senior Editor Pamela Tabar talks with Ruta Kadonoff, vice president of quality and regulatory affairs for the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), about quality in long-term care—and why being able to measure it will be important for business.
