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
Archives for February 2020
CMA Alert – 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
Articles Highlight Medicare Advantage Concerns
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
Report: Affordable Care Act Narrowed Disparities in Health Care Access
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
CMA Alert – 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
Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care Has Not Changed Under the New Payment System (PDGM)
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)
Massachusetts Task Force Calls for Closure of Low-Performing, Low Occupancy Nursing Facilities
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
CMA Alert – 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
Changes Coming to CMS Websites for Consumers
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
Joint Statement on President’s Budget
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