Uncategorized

Proposed Cuts to Medicare Part A Reimbursement for Skilled Nursing Facilities: “Crippling” – or Tiny? In its annual proposed rules to update Medicare reimbursement to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2023, the Centers for Medicare & … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | June 16, 2022

2022 Medicare Trustees Report | Additional Two Years of Solvency Projected, But Attention Still Needed Every year, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees release reports on the fiscal health of the Medicare and Social Security … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | June 9, 2022

Special Report: Telehealth and the Medicare Population: Building a Foundation for the Virtual Health Care Revolution From 2019 to 2020, the use of telehealth by Medicare beneficiaries increased over 6,000%. As the United States slowly emerges from … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | May 26, 2022

Join Us! Join our community next week for the Center’s upcoming special virtual event, the 9th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit & Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture on Wednesday, May 18 via live webcast. Together, we’ll examine how to … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | May 12, 2022

CMS Issues Proposed Rule That Will Address Significant Medicare Enrollment Pitfalls and Provide Other Important Help On April 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register titled … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | April 28, 2022

Members of Congress Send Letter to CMS Urging Agency to Address Medicare Advantage Overpayments On April 20, 2022, 19 members of the House and Senate sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | April 21, 2022

Federal Government Must Enact and Enforce Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities At a roundtable discussion with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on March 30, which the Center for Medicare Advocacy attended as one of seven invitees, Mark … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | April 14, 2022

Instability In Staffing Levels at Nursing Homes Affects Quality of Care for Residents Nursing home staffing levels often decline on weekends. In November 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identified facilities with low … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 24, 2022

Recent Solicitation Scams Target Medicare-Eligible Adults A recent report in The Roanoke Times highlighted a growing vulnerability in the Medicare system – suspicious phone solicitations targeting potential beneficiaries as they prepare to sign up … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 17, 2022

CMS Needs to Rein in Medicare Advantage Overpayments and Heighten Oversight of Insurance Industry Center Comments Regarding CMS’ Advanced Payment Notice and Proposed Part C & D Rule The Center for Medicare Advocacy recently submitted … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 10, 2022