Home Health Longtime Center Client Rosalie Berkowitz on the importance of being able to stay in her home (A StoryCorps portrait) Edith Masterman: Fighting to Keep Medicare Services, with Executive Director Judith Stein Observation … [Read more...] about Listen to Medicare & Health Care Stories
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November 2015 – Budget Act of 2015 Mitigates Increased Part B Premiums And Deductibles; Other Issues
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: CONGRESS MITIGATES INCREASES IN 2016 PART B PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 – Overview On Monday November 2, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. This … [Read more...] about November 2015 – Budget Act of 2015 Mitigates Increased Part B Premiums And Deductibles; Other Issues
House Passes Budget Agreement That Would Reduce Dramatic Rise in Part B Costs for Beneficiaries – Bill Moves to Senate; Advocates Remain Concerned About Underlying Causes
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Broadly speaking, this agreement avoids a pending government default by raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and prevents relief from budgetary … [Read more...] about House Passes Budget Agreement That Would Reduce Dramatic Rise in Part B Costs for Beneficiaries – Bill Moves to Senate; Advocates Remain Concerned About Underlying Causes
September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE 1. Proposed Requirements of Participation for Nursing Facilities On July 16, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed rules to revise the nursing home Requirements of Participation … [Read more...] about September 2015 – Proposed Rules for Nursing Facilities are Inadequate & Other Issues
Comments on Revisions to the 2-Midnight rule
CMS-1633-P, Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Short Inpatient Hospital Stays; Transition for Certain Medicare-Dependent, Small Rural Hospitals … [Read more...] about Comments on Revisions to the 2-Midnight rule
2016 National Voices of Medicare Summit
and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture
On April 1, 2016, the Center for Medicare Advocacy held its third annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture. The event brought together leading experts and advocates to discuss best practices, challenges, … [Read more...] about 2016 National Voices of Medicare Summit
and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture
Center Comments to Senate Finance Committee Regarding Chronic Care Reform
June 22, 2015 The Honorable Orrin Hatch The Honorable Ron Wyden Chair, Committee on Finance … [Read more...] about Center Comments to Senate Finance Committee Regarding Chronic Care Reform
Center Comments Regarding Medicare Reimbursement of Skilled Nursing Facilities
CMS-1622-P: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) for FY 2016, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and Staffing Data Collection Submitted … [Read more...] about Center Comments Regarding Medicare Reimbursement of Skilled Nursing Facilities
Senate Finance Committee Approves Medicare Audit and Appeal Reform Bill
As we’ve previously reported, on April 28, 2015 the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing about the tremendous backlog of cases piled up at the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA), the office that oversees Administrative Law Judges … [Read more...] about Senate Finance Committee Approves Medicare Audit and Appeal Reform Bill
June 2015 – Reforming Medicare’s Appeals System & Other Issues
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 1.Senate Finance Committee Addresses Medicare Appeals System On previous Alliance calls, we have discussed that through the Center’s extensive experience with the Medicare administrative appeals process, we continue to … [Read more...] about June 2015 – Reforming Medicare’s Appeals System & Other Issues