Hospice sector assails double-digit payment cuts
The hospice sector quickly blasted a 20% Medicare payment cut proposed by a congressional advisory panel.
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CCRCs, nursing homes see slower growth in use of services in 2018, CMS says
Spending on continuing care retirement communities and nursing care facility services increased 1.4% in 2018 to $168.5 billion, according to an analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published Thursday.
Convicted assisted living owner blasted: ‘He has no respect for the law’
Philip Esformes had an expensive Thursday. That’s because the senior living operator was ordered to pay $44.2 million for his role in a $1.3 billion healthcare fraud scheme.
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CMS withdraws proposed guidance on Medicaid block grants, funding caps … 94% of beneficiaries satisfied with Medicare Advantage plans … EEOC to hold hearing on proposed revisions to Employer Information Report (EEO-1)
‘Replace denial with proposal’ on long-term care, House committee told
Congress must “replace denial with a detailed, bipartisan legislative proposal on long-term care” to address the needs of a growing older population facing high costs for healthcare and housing, Robert Blancato, national coordinator of the Elder Justice Coalition, told the House Ways and Means Committee at a hearing Thursday.
Long-term care resident Medicare beneficiaries spend $22,384 out of pocket for healthcare annually: study
Residents of long-term care facilities who have traditional Medicare coverage spent an average of $22,384 out of pocket for healthcare in 2016, the latest data available, according to a new analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Did Nancy Pelosi just kill Medicare for All?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday panned a Medicare for All proposal being forwarded by a number of Democrats currently running for president. Her implicit suggestion to fellow Democrats: Stick with less controversial topics and focus on winning elections next year instead.
Juniper’s care model, Connect4Life, to see national rollout under licensing agreement
Juniper Communities’ Connect4Life care coordination model soon will be finding its way into senior living communities across the country under the terms of a new five-year licensing agreement between the Bloomfield, NJ-based operator and Richmond, VA-based Medicare Advantage plan developer and administrator AllyAlign Health.
Is all of senior living embracing a medical model?
“How many of you still believe you only provide hospitality?” When Juniper Communities founder and CEO Lynne Katzmann posed that question to the approximately 260 people attending NCAL Day on Sunday, nobody raised a hand.
Flexibility resulting from Medicare changes could be good for some, CEO says
The devil is in the details, as the saying goes, but President Trump’s call for changes to the Medicare program could mean some good things for senior living residents and the providers who serve them, one senior living CEO told McKnight’s Senior Living.
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