It came as no great surprise last week when Donald Berwick, MD, announced his resignation as administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read More »
On Nov. 8, the fourth federal appeals court to hear legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal healthcare reform law passed in Read More »
Donald Berwick wants you to forget about the current strife in Washington and get back to the basics: “better health, better care, lower costs”—the Read More »
Like thousands of other long-term care industry providers, educators, advocates, vendors (and journalists) making final preparations to attend this Read More »
A recurring theme at the recent AHCA (American Health Care Association) national conference was the need for skilled nursing providers to be Read More »
On Sep. 28, the Obama administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of an August 12 ruling by a three-judge panel of the United Read More »
Jason E. Bring, Esq The federal False Claims Act (FCA) permits private persons known as “relators” to file a form of civil action against private Read More »
LeadingAge President Larry Minnix was before the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee yesterday, testifying on behalf of the Community Living Read More »
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may prove to be the single most impactful piece of legislation for post-acute care since the Social Read More »
With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Congress mandated nursing home compliance above and beyond the annual surveys Read More »
There is no denying that healthcare reform continues to be at the forefront of everyone's mind these days. With the recent changes in the House of Read More »
On Wednesday, the House passed “H.R.2 - Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act”. Yes, that’s the actual name of the bill our elected officials Read More »
With the transition to MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV now complete, providers may be feeling relieved that they're finally prepared for the newly established Read More »
The other day I had lunch with the CEO of a chain of nursing homes, and over crab cakes and salads, he brought up a news story about McDonald's Read More »
At a glance… Compromising resident data-health, insurance, and financial-could result in undetected identity theft. Policies must be developed and Read More »
Organizations representing various sectors of the nursing home and long-term care community have urged Congress to include improvements in long-term Read More »
With the general election looming, organ-izations representing the long-term care community are working to create a political climate in Washington Read More »
