Last year, the Center for Medicare Advocacy suggested that it was time to repeal the three-day inpatient hospital requirement that is necessary for Part A coverage in the traditional Medicare program.[1] The recent Second Circuit decision in … [Read more...] about It’s Time: Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage
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CMA Alert | January 20, 2022
CT Governor Issues Executive Order Requiring Nursing Home Visitors Have Vaccine and Booster or Proof of Negative COVID Test - CT Long Term Care Ombudsman Expresses Support and Offers Assistance if Needed Citing a nearly 700% increase in confirmed … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 20, 2022
CMA Alert | January 13, 2022
CMS Releases Proposed 2023 Rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans On January 6, 2022, CMS released CY 2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule (CMS-4192-P) and an accompanying Press Release describing the overall rule, and a separate … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 13, 2022
Attorney | Public Interest – CT Office
The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. (the Center) is a private, non-profit, public interest law organization that works to advance access to Medicare, quality health care, and health equity for older people and people with disabilities. The … [Read more...] about Attorney | Public Interest – CT Office
CMA Alert | October 21, 2022
CMA Report | Privatization of County-Owned Nursing Facilities is Not Good for Residents, Staff, or States In a May 1, 1998 report entitled “Nursing Home Privatization: What Is the Human Cost?”[1] the Pennsylvania-based Keystone Research Center … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 21, 2022
Study | Black Nursing Home Residents Disproportionately (and Incorrectly) Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted deeply rooted racial and ethnic health disparities nationwide[1] – particularly within the walls of U.S. nursing homes. Nursing homes with a larger proportion of Black and Hispanic residents reported more deaths and … [Read more...] about Study | Black Nursing Home Residents Disproportionately (and Incorrectly) Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
Remembering Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr. – Celebrating a Great Friend
Alfred J. “Chip” Chiplin, Jr., Senior Policy Attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy, and managing attorney of our Washington, DC office, would have been 74 on September 3rd. Chip’s life was too short but his memory, the vigor of his beliefs, … [Read more...] about Remembering Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr. – Celebrating a Great Friend
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
CMA Alert | January 28, 2021
Expanded Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage During the Covid-19 PandemicSpeech Generating Devices: Beneficiary Voices Silenced Once Again by CMSWays and Means Report Highlights National InequitiesFree Webinar - Medicare & Health Care … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 28, 2021