January 25, 2018 Submitted via www.regulations.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-4180-P Re: CMS-4180-P: Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices … [Read more...] about Center Comments on “Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage”
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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
Did CMS’s Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Reduce the Inappropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs for Nursing Home Residents as Much as CMS Claims? Two Recent Studies Say No
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has ended its campaign to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs for long-stay residents in nursing facilities (formally called the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in … [Read more...] about Did CMS’s Partnership to Improve Dementia Care Reduce the Inappropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs for Nursing Home Residents as Much as CMS Claims? Two Recent Studies Say No
CMA Alert – Home Health Care Barriers; Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs; More
Barriers to Home Care Created by CMS Payment, Quality Measurement, and Fraud Investigation Systems Elder Justice Alert: Human Rights Watch Publishes In-Depth Report on Antipsychotic Drug Use in U.S. Nursing Homes Consumer Statement on New Federal … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Home Health Care Barriers; Overuse of Antipsychotic Drugs; More
Elder Justice Alert: Human Rights Watch Publishes In-Depth Report on Antipsychotic Drug Use in U.S. Nursing Homes
On February 5, 2018, Human Rights Watch published an in-depth report on antipsychotic drug use in U.S. nursing homes. The Report, entitled “‘They Want Docile’: How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with … [Read more...] about Elder Justice Alert: Human Rights Watch Publishes In-Depth Report on Antipsychotic Drug Use in U.S. Nursing Homes
Alert – Tax Cut Harm Just Got Worse; This Week in Sabotage; CMS Pushing MA Plans; SNF Deregulation
Tax Cut Bill Just Got Worse. Health Care at Risk. This Week in Sabotage CMS Steering to Medicare Advantage Administration And Nursing Home Industry: Lockstep in Deregulating Nursing Facilities & Reducing Resident Protections Tax Cut … [Read more...] about Alert – Tax Cut Harm Just Got Worse; This Week in Sabotage; CMS Pushing MA Plans; SNF Deregulation
CMA Alert, October 18, 2017 – Nursing Home Rights Roundup; ACA Stabilization; More
This Week in ACA Sabotage Bipartisan Agreement on ACA Stabilization Package Nursing Home Rights Roundup CMS Signals End of Campaign to Reduce Unnecessary Use of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes; Claim of Success is Grossly … [Read more...] about CMA Alert, October 18, 2017 – Nursing Home Rights Roundup; ACA Stabilization; More
CMA Alert – The Fight Continues; Home Health Access Issues; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
1. Medicare Home Health Crisis - Misleading and Inaccurate CMS Medicare Home Health Publications 2. Senate Plans to Vote to Gut Health Care Next Week - Act Now to Stop These Cuts! 3. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Misleading and Inaccurate … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – The Fight Continues; Home Health Access Issues; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Last week, Center for Medicare Advocacy Chiplin Senior Fellow Ben Belton participated in a 2017 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) commemoration at the United Nations (UN) in New York. This year’s WEAAD theme, “Understand and End … [Read more...] about World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Center Comments on Medicare Advantage and Part D “Transformation Ideas”
April 24, 2017 VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION PartCDcomments@cms.hhs.gov Seema Verma, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Medicare Advantage and Part D “Transformation Ideas”