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Archives for February 2020

Lawmakers Must Be Cautious about Recommendations from a New Industry Report on Nursing Home Closures

February 28, 2020

Joint Statement from the Long Term Care Community Coalition and the Center for Medicare Advocacy Feb. 28, 2020 - LeadingAge, a trade association for non-profit nursing homes, has released a report on nursing home closures and trends between June … [Read more...] about Lawmakers Must Be Cautious about Recommendations from a New Industry Report on Nursing Home Closures

Filed Under: Article, Press Release Tagged With: alert, Skilled Nursing Facility, snf, Weekly Alert

CMA Alert – February 27, 2020

February 27, 2020

Articles Highlight Medicare Advantage Concerns) Report: Affordable Care Act Narrowed Disparities in Health Care Access Register Now - Upcoming CMA Events 7th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture: … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – February 27, 2020

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Full Alert

Articles Highlight Medicare Advantage Concerns

February 27, 2020

MA Limitations, Favoritism, and Quality & Access Issues – New York Times A recent article in the New York Times highlights a number of concerns about the Medicare Advantage (MA) program, many of which have been raised by the Center for … [Read more...] about Articles Highlight Medicare Advantage Concerns

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: alert, Medicare Advantage, Weekly Alert

Report: Affordable Care Act Narrowed Disparities in Health Care Access

February 27, 2020

The Commonwealth Fund recently released a report, How the Affordable Care Act Has Narrowed Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Care. The Report found significant coverage gains nationwide as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), … [Read more...] about Report: Affordable Care Act Narrowed Disparities in Health Care Access

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: ACA, affordable care act, alert, disparities, Weekly Alert

CMA Alert – February 20, 2020

February 20, 2020

Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care Has Not Changed Under the New Payment System (PDGM) Massachusetts Task Force Calls for Closure of Low-Performing, Low Occupancy Nursing Facilities Register Now - Upcoming CMA Events 7th Annual National … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – February 20, 2020

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Full Alert

Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care Has Not Changed Under the New Payment System (PDGM)

February 20, 2020

Background.  On January 1, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began implementing a new Medicare payment system—“Patient Driven Groupings Model” (PDGM)—for home health services. Under PDGM, home health agencies have a new set … [Read more...] about Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care Has Not Changed Under the New Payment System (PDGM)

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: alert, Home Health, Weekly Alert

Massachusetts Task Force Calls for Closure of Low-Performing, Low Occupancy Nursing Facilities

February 20, 2020

The nursing home industry instinctively responds to the closures of nursing facilities by claiming that Medicaid rates are too low and must be increased.[1] A legislatively-mandated Massachusetts task force on nursing facilities has a different … [Read more...] about Massachusetts Task Force Calls for Closure of Low-Performing, Low Occupancy Nursing Facilities

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: alert, Skilled Nursing Facility, snf, Weekly Alert

CMA Alert – February 13, 2020

February 13, 2020

Changes Coming to CMS Websites for Consumers Joint Statement on President’s Budget Register Now - Upcoming CMA Events 7th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture  Free Webinar: Medicare Home … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – February 13, 2020

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Full Alert

Changes Coming to CMS Websites for Consumers

February 13, 2020

A recent blogpost by Administrator Seema Verma of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces CMS’s plan to “combine and standardize” the eight Compare websites into a Medicare Compare website.[1] At the same time, an … [Read more...] about Changes Coming to CMS Websites for Consumers

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: alert, Quality of Care, Skilled Nursing Facility, snf, Weekly Alert

Joint Statement on President’s Budget

February 13, 2020

The Center for Medicare Advocacy and the Medicare Rights Center joined to release a statement this week on the Trump 2021 budget’s harmful policy and payment changes that could create barriers to care for people with Medicare. The statement also … [Read more...] about Joint Statement on President’s Budget

Filed Under: Article Tagged With: alert, Weekly Alert

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