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 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 10, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Two top industry executives share their insights on assisted living’s climate and trends. Assisted living survived the economic downturn and the collapse of the housing market intact and it is geared up and ready to continue moving forward.
April 4, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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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.
April 2, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The waiting is over. No resolution to the budget crisis means that sequestration begins—today. Long-term care facilities will feel the effects upfront, but a quieter casuality might be healthcare's information technology and data-sharing initiatives.
April 1, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Florida’s Universal Health Care Insurance suddenly closed its doors last week, giving beneficiaries three days to choose another insurance provider.
March 28, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Sweeping changes may be on the horizon for the way Medicare billing is divided, as President Obama and Republicans put the idea of combining Medicare Parts A and B back on the discussion table, the New York Times reports today.
March 26, 2013 Sylvia J. Bennett, RN, BSN, FACDONA
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Knowledge about the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers has come a long way, but has it come far enough to prevent and reduce the incidence of this problem in long-term care?
March 25, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The Department of Justice and Medicare fraud teams continue to look hard at therapy and home care billing.
March 25, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) got a tongue-lashing from the Senate Finance Committee, while CMMI’s director explains that testing new models takes time before payment reforms can be put into action.
March 20, 2013 Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief
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States have refined survey systems and are demanding more disclosure for assisted living, according to the Assisted Living State Regulatory Review, released Wednesday by The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL).
