Congress is in the midst of putting together an historic legislative package that would expand and strengthen our country’s safety net in a number of ways, including broad changes to health coverage. This could include adding dental, hearing and … [Read more...] about Medicare is at a Crossroads – Time to Dispel Myths Hindering an Historic Expansion of Benefits
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Issue Brief – July 2021 – Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Care, and Other Issues
MEDICARE COVERAGE of SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CARE Legal Action Center Issue Brief: Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Care: A Landscape Review of Benefit Coverage, Service Gaps and a Path to Reform In February 2021, the Legal … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – July 2021 – Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder Care, and Other Issues
Issue Brief – May 2021 – Health Care Reform, Medicare Fiscal Solvency & Other Issues
LITIGATION UPDATE Affordable Care Act Case California v. Texas is the lawsuit brought by several states that seeks to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA). In 2019, a divided panel of the Fifth Circuit ruled that the ACA’s … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – May 2021 – Health Care Reform, Medicare Fiscal Solvency & Other Issues
CMA Alert | May 6, 2021
CMS Confirms Steep Decline in Therapy at Nursing Facilities In its proposed rule to provide the annual update to Medicare Part A reimbursement methodologies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | May 6, 2021
Medicare and Revenue – Looking Back, Looking Forward
By Marilyn Moon, Center for Medicare Advocacy Visiting Scholar We are pleased to present a new Issue Brief by Marilyn Moon – “Ensuring Medicare’s Financial Health” – reviewing the fiscal solvency of Medicare and the Part A Trust Fund. Highlights … [Read more...] about Medicare and Revenue – Looking Back, Looking Forward
Issue Brief – March 2021 – Nursing Homes & COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Other Issues
I. NURSING FACILITY UPDATES Report: Geography Is Not Destiny: Protecting Nursing Home Residents from the Next Pandemic On February 18, 2021, the Center for Medicare Advocacy released a new report – Geography Is Not Destiny: Protecting … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – March 2021 – Nursing Homes & COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Other Issues
Issue Brief – January 2021 – Medicare Provisions In the COVID Relief & Omnibus Package, and Other Issues
I. COVID RELIEF & OMNIBUS PACKAGE – OVERVIEW OF MEDICARE PROVISIONS On December 21, 2020, Congress passed a COVID relief package as part of a larger omnibus spending package called the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), signed … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – January 2021 – Medicare Provisions In the COVID Relief & Omnibus Package, and Other Issues
CMA Alert | February 11, 2021
Commonwealth Fund Issues Series of Articles Addressing Medicare’s Fiscal Solvency - Introductory Statement by Marilyn MoonIt’s Time to Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility CoverageCenter for Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 11, 2021
It’s Time to Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage
When Medicare was enacted in 1965, it limited coverage in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) under Part A to beneficiaries who had been inpatients in an acute care hospital for at least three consecutive days before their discharge to a SNF.[1] The … [Read more...] about It’s Time to Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage
Issue Brief – November 2020 – Health Care and the Election, the ACA Case & Other Issues
HEALTH CARE & THE ELECTION President-Elect Biden & Health Care During the presidential campaign, President-Elect Biden offered several proposals related to health care. In addition to tackling the current COVID-19 pandemic, Biden … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – November 2020 – Health Care and the Election, the ACA Case & Other Issues