This Week in ACA Sabotage Bipartisan Agreement on ACA Stabilization Package Nursing Home Rights Roundup CMS Signals End of Campaign to Reduce Unnecessary Use of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes; Claim of Success is Grossly … [Read more...] about CMA Alert, October 18, 2017 – Nursing Home Rights Roundup; ACA Stabilization; More
Article
CMA Alert – Open Enrollment Tips; ACA Sabotage; More
Medicare Annual Enrollment Period Begins October 15: Look Before You Leap This Week in ACA Sabotage Breast Cancer Awareness Month International Day of Older PersonsMedicare Annual Enrollment Period Begins October 15: Look Before … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Open Enrollment Tips; ACA Sabotage; More
CMA Alert – Changes to Help QMBs; Home Health Updates; ACA Sabotage
CMS Changes Will Help Ensure Low Income Beneficiaries Are Not Illegally Billed CMS Reissues Improved Medicare Home Health Booklet Dispelling a Myth: Medicare Home Health Coverage is NOT a Short Term, Post-Acute Care Benefit The ACA Sabotage … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Changes to Help QMBs; Home Health Updates; ACA Sabotage
CMA Alert – Harmful Proposed Home Health Rules; Equitable Relief Ending Soon; ACA Sabotage
Proposed Home Health Rules Harm the Most Vulnerable Beneficiaries We Called It: Continued Sabotage of the ACA “Equitable Relief” Ends this Week - Sign Up for Medicare Part BProposed Home Health Rules Harm the Most Vulnerable … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Harmful Proposed Home Health Rules; Equitable Relief Ending Soon; ACA Sabotage
World Alzheimer’s Day 2017 – September 21
The Center for Medicare Advocacy joins Alzheimer’s organizations, caregivers, people with Alzheimer’s and their families, on World Alzheimer’s Day, to raise awareness about this devastating disease. Alzheimer’s is the most … [Read more...] about World Alzheimer’s Day 2017 – September 21
Graham-Cassidy: It’s Just Worse
Despite an enormous public outcry that eventually doomed this summer’s attempt at repealing the Affordable Care Act and decimating Medicaid, legislators seem to be lining up behind yet another bad bill.In fact, the Graham-Cassidy bill is … [Read more...] about Graham-Cassidy: It’s Just Worse
Center Submits Statement On SNF Requirements for Senate Aging Committee Hearing on “Disaster Preparedness and Response: the Special Needs of Older Americans”
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on "Disaster Preparedness and Response: The Special Needs of Older Americans" today. The hearing came on the heels of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which resulted in the deaths of at … [Read more...] about Center Submits Statement On SNF Requirements for Senate Aging Committee Hearing on “Disaster Preparedness and Response: the Special Needs of Older Americans”
URGENT: ACA Repeal Effort Renewed Through Graham-Cassidy Bill. This is Not a Drill – Action Needed!
Just when we thought Congress was moving on from failed efforts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA), momentum is quietly building to try again, through yet another legislative effort – the Graham-Cassidy … [Read more...] about URGENT: ACA Repeal Effort Renewed Through Graham-Cassidy Bill. This is Not a Drill – Action Needed!
Moving Forward: Let’s Improve Medicare
Today the United States Senate is a study in contrasts: on the same day that one Senator introduces a bill seeking universal health insurance coverage, another pair of Senators introduce yet another bill to gut the Affordable Care Act and roll back … [Read more...] about Moving Forward: Let’s Improve Medicare
Annotated Bibliography: Observation Status
Abbey, Duane. “Inpatient Versus Outpatient: The Real Issue.” RAC Monitor. 06 March 2014. http://www.racmonitor.com/rac-enews/1618-inpatient-versus-outpatient-the-real-issue.html (site visited September 21, 2016).The author writes … [Read more...] about Annotated Bibliography: Observation Status