Major Health Care Sabotage: HHS Issues Final Rule on Short-Term Limited-Duration Insurance Inspector General Reports Concerns About Medicare Hospice Care New Checklist for Medicare Nursing Home “Improvement Standard” … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – New Checklist for Appeals; Short-Term Junk Plans Undermine Care; OIG Hospice Report Finds Issues; Don’t Trust SNF Ratings
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July 2018 – Medicare Hot Topics
MEDICARE HOT TOPICS[1] ORAL HEALTH UPDATE On July 19, 2018 the Center issued the following press release: July 19, 2018 – Washington, DC – The Center for Medicare Advocacy, along with a diverse group of partners, released a white paper, … [Read more...] about July 2018 – Medicare Hot Topics
July 2018 – Medicare Hot Topics
Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator) Oral Health Update (Wey-Wey Kwok) Proposed Rule on Durable Medical Equipment (Kathy Holt) Home Health Update (Kathy Holt) Executive Order re: Administrative … [Read more...] about July 2018 – Medicare Hot Topics
CMA Alert – ALJ Independence Threatened; Home Health News; Contradictory MA Studies; More
Proposed Home Health Rule Affirms Medicare Coverage and Payment for Patients Who Will Not Improve and May Need More Care than the Norm Administrative Law Judges and Objective Medicare Appeals Jeopardized By Recent Executive Order Studies Differ … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – ALJ Independence Threatened; Home Health News; Contradictory MA Studies; More
CMA Alert – Meeting with Seema Verma re: Nursing Home Protections; Graham-Cassidy Take Two; Antipsychotic Drugs; Upcoming Webinar
Center for Medicare Advocacy Discusses Nursing Home Resident Protections with CMS Administrator Seema Verma Did CMS’s Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Reduce the Inappropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs for Nursing Home Residents … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Meeting with Seema Verma re: Nursing Home Protections; Graham-Cassidy Take Two; Antipsychotic Drugs; Upcoming Webinar
CMA Alert – CMA Alert – Pushing MA at the Expense of Medicare; Observation and Readmissions; SNF Enforcement; More
Tipping the Scales Toward Medicare Advantage (at the Expense of Medicare) Does Observation Status Undercut Claims that Hospital Readmissions Have Been Reduced? MedPAC Says No, Research Says Yes. Another Week, More Health Care Sabotage CMS … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – CMA Alert – Pushing MA at the Expense of Medicare; Observation and Readmissions; SNF Enforcement; More
CMA Alert – Medicare Trustees Report; Fixing Part D; DME Prior Authorization Expansion; Center Testifies Before Congress On SNF Care
Medicare Trustees Report: Stop Overpaying Private Plans & Underfunding Medicare The Right Way to Lower Medicare Prescription Drug Costs Medicare Prior Authorization Requirement for Power Wheelchairs Expanding Nationwide Effective September 1, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Medicare Trustees Report; Fixing Part D; DME Prior Authorization Expansion; Center Testifies Before Congress On SNF Care
Advocates Raise Concerns About Inaccuracies and Bias in Draft MEDICARE & YOU Handbook
The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Justice in Aging and the Medicare Rights Center recently sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raising “strong objections to serious inaccuracies” in the draft 2019 … [Read more...] about Advocates Raise Concerns About Inaccuracies and Bias in Draft MEDICARE & YOU Handbook
CMA Alert – SNF Payment Proposal Would Gut Therapy; Short-Term “Junk” Insurance Plan Harm; Home Health Highlight
Health Care Sabotage: More on Short-Term Limited-Duration “Junk” Plans Home Health Highlight: People Can Leave Home and Still Receive Medicare-Covered Home Care CMS Tries Again: Another New Skilled Nursing Facility Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – SNF Payment Proposal Would Gut Therapy; Short-Term “Junk” Insurance Plan Harm; Home Health Highlight
May 2018 – Recent Policy Changes Relating to Medicare Advantage & Other Issues
Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator) Recent Policy Changes Relating to Medicare Advantage (David Lipschutz) New Medicare Advantage “Flexibilities” Impact on Beneficiary … [Read more...] about May 2018 – Recent Policy Changes Relating to Medicare Advantage & Other Issues