Medicare Platform: Objective Information and Consumer Protections Face Challenges As Home Care Needs Increase, Access Issues Must Be Addressed Nursing Home Deregulation Continues, Despite Substantial Risk to ResidentsMedicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – September 5, 2019
Archives for September 2019
Medicare Platform: Objective Information and Consumer Protections Face Challenges
At the beginning of the current session of Congress, the Center for Medicare Advocacy laid out a Medicare Platform for the New Congress to guide improvements to Medicare and possible expansion of the Medicare-covered population. One of the core … [Read more...] about Medicare Platform: Objective Information and Consumer Protections Face Challenges
As Home Care Needs Increase, Access Issues Must Be Addressed
According to a recent New York Times Article, “Home health care is the fastest growing major job category in the country, one of the most emotionally and personally demanding, and one of the worst paid.”Families – and state governments – are … [Read more...] about As Home Care Needs Increase, Access Issues Must Be Addressed
Nursing Home Deregulation Continues, Despite Substantial Risk to Residents
September 2019 BackgroundUnder the Trump Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been advancing efforts to deregulate the nursing home industry by rolling back the rights and protections of nursing home … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Deregulation Continues, Despite Substantial Risk to Residents