Welcome News: Xavier Becerra Nominated as Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCenter for Medicare Advocacy Comments on Harmful Proposed Rule that Would Automatically Expire Regulations Governing Medicare and Other Important ProgramsCMS Replaces all … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 10, 2020
Uncategorized
Comments on HHS “Regulations Rule”
December 4, 2020VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONThe Hon. Alex Azar, SecretaryU.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue SWWashington, DC 20201Re: Docket No. HHS–OS– 2020–0012: Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory … [Read more...] about Comments on HHS “Regulations Rule”
CMA Alert | December 3, 2020
Medicare Annual Enrollment Period Ends December 7thUpdated - COVID-19: An Advocates Guide to Beneficiary Related Medicare ChangesNursing Home Residents and COVID-19: Staffing and Quality of Care MatterCOVID-19 and TeethUtah Removes Age Discrimination … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 3, 2020
CMA Alert | November 19, 2020
Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Season Enters Final Weeks: Few People Compare Options, and the Means of Comparison are Often FlawedHome for the Holidays | Leaving the Nursing Home During a Medicare-Covered Stay During the Coronavirus PandemicCenter for … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 19, 2020
November 16, 2020 – Health Care, the Election, the ACA Case & Other Issues
Health Care and the Federal Election – Where Do We Go From Here? (David Lipschutz)President-Elect Biden’s Agenda v. CongressAffordable Care Act – Supreme Court Argument in California v. Texas (Ali Bers)Summary of case and oral arguments on Nov. … [Read more...] about November 16, 2020 – Health Care, the Election, the ACA Case & Other Issues
CMA Alert | November 12, 2020
Medicare Cost-Sharing Announced for 2021Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging Affordable Care ActInfection Control Surveys In Nursing Facilities: As Deaths Soar, CMS Reports Few Deficiencies, Primarily “No Harm”Recent Rules and Guidance Address … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 12, 2020
CMA Alert | November 11, 2020
Five Days until the Affordable Care Act is in Front of the Supreme CourtMembers of Congress Write CMS Urging Restoration of Nurse Aide Training Requirements for Nursing FacilitiesNursing Facilities and COVID: Staffing MattersPolicy – Medicare’s … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 11, 2020
CMA Alert | October 29, 2020
Dismantling the Affordable Care Act Would Harm Medicare and Medicare Beneficiaries: Spotlight on Medicare’s Financial StabilityProvider Relief Funds: Care for Patients or Boosting Provider Revenues?Utah’s Crisis Standards of Care: Discriminatory … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 29, 2020
CMA Alert | October 22, 2020
Medicare Plan Finder Problems Emerge – At Least Three SHIP Programs Cautioning People to Delay Enrollment until Problems ResolvedDismantling the Affordable Care Act Would Harm Medicare and Medicare Beneficiaries: Spotlight on Closing the Part D … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 22, 2020
CMA Alert | October 15, 2020
Dismantling the ACA Would Harm Medicare and Medicare Beneficiaries | Highlight on Preventive ServicesCOVID-Only Nursing Facilities: What Happened To A Good Idea?Paying Direct Care Workers a Living WageFree Webinar - Skilled Nursing Facility … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 15, 2020