Highlighting the Work of The Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public HealthCongress is poised to expand Medicare coverage to include dental, hearing and vision services. As the Center has written elsewhere, the need is great, and the … [Read more...] about Expand Medicare Hearing Coverage Now
Archives for September 2021
MEDICARE & YOU 2022 – An Important First Step Towards Reversing Bias in Favor of Medicare Advantage
Starting in the Fall of 2017, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) and other advocacy organizations highlighted that, in a marked change from previous practice, the Trump Administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) … [Read more...] about MEDICARE & YOU 2022 – An Important First Step Towards Reversing Bias in Favor of Medicare Advantage
CMA Alert | September 15, 2021
Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse AidesOn March 20, 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and as part of a long list of blanket waivers and flexibilities granted to nursing … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 15, 2021
Private Equity Companies Continue Buying Nursing Facilities
Skilled Nursing News reports that the average price per nursing home bed increased nearly 22% in the first quarter of 2021 over 2020 prices.[1] Vikas Gupta, senior vice president of acquisitions and development at Omega Healthcare Investors, … [Read more...] about Private Equity Companies Continue Buying Nursing Facilities
Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse Aides
On March 20, 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and as part of a long list of blanket waivers and flexibilities granted to nursing facilities,[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) waived the requirement that … [Read more...] about Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse Aides
Issue Brief – September 2021 – Exp[anfing Medicare to Cover Dental, Hearing & Vision, and Other Issues
MEDICARE and the RECONCILIATION PACKGEOverviewCongress is currently debating a $3.5 trillion legislative package that, according to the New York Times (Aug. 11, 2021) “is aimed at creating the largest expansion of the federal safety net in … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – September 2021 – Exp[anfing Medicare to Cover Dental, Hearing & Vision, and Other Issues
CMA Alert | September 9, 2021
Congress Begins Debate About Adding Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits to Medicare – Now is the Time to ActCongress is poised to strengthen our country’s safety net, including adding critical benefits to the Medicare program. Today, the House … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 9, 2021
Congress Begins Debate About Adding Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits to Medicare – Now is the Time to Act
Congress is poised to strengthen our country’s safety net, including adding critical benefits to the Medicare program. Today, the House Ways & Means Committee began to mark-up legislation that would add dental, hearing and vision benefits to the … [Read more...] about Congress Begins Debate About Adding Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits to Medicare – Now is the Time to Act
Get Ready – Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Next Month (10/15 – 12/7/2021)
Medicare’s Open Enrollment period – also known as the Annual Election Period or Annual Coordinated Election Period – runs from October 15 through December 7. During this time all Medicare beneficiaries can reevaluate their coverage, and make … [Read more...] about Get Ready – Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Next Month (10/15 – 12/7/2021)
CMA Alert | September 2, 2021
Medicare is at a Crossroads – Time to Dispel Myths Hindering an Historic Expansion of BenefitsCongress is in the midst of putting together an historic legislative package that would expand and strengthen our country’s safety net in a number of … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 2, 2021