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Healthcare reform

Magic or mayhem: What’s ahead? Part 2

Editor's note: Last month, Long-Term Living readers were treated to five of Richard Peck's predictions for the industry in the coming years Read More »

A patient-centered pragmatist may take helm of CMS

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 »

Federal appeals court affirms healthcare reform

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 »

CMS admin Berwick stresses provider collaboration at LeadingAge

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 »

Is CLASS really over?

Like thousands of other long-term care industry providers, educators, advocates, vendors (and journalists) making final preparations to attend this Read More »

‘Embrace the change’ of healthcare reform

A recurring theme at the recent AHCA (American Health Care Association) national conference was the need for skilled nursing providers to be Read More »

Healthcare reform legal update

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 »

Nursing care quality and the False Claims Act

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 »

CLASS supporters deflated on day of confrontation

LeadingAge President Larry Minnix was before the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee yesterday, testifying on behalf of the Community Living Read More »

10 steps to success in the ACO world

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 »

5 steps to a proactive compliance program

With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Congress mandated nursing home compliance above and beyond the annual surveys Read More »

Ready or not…

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 »

Latest in reform repeal shows politicians aren’t taking anything seriously

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 »

Meet your newest and toughest customer

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 »

Health reform ‘triggers concerns’

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 »

HITECH Risk for LTC Data Systems

At a glance… Compromising resident data-health, insurance, and financial-could result in undetected identity theft. Policies must be developed and Read More »

Transparency in health reform or a ball-and-chain?

As lawmakers work to meet an October deadline imposed by President Obama for passing national healthcare reform legislation, options under Read More »

No real healthcare reform without LTC financing discussion

Organizations representing various sectors of the nursing home and long-term care community have urged Congress to include improvements in long-term Read More »

Getting LTC reform’s foot in the D.C. door

With the general election looming, organ-izations representing the long-term care community are working to create a political climate in Washington Read More »