The Growing Disparity Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare: CMS Publishes Final MA Telehealth Benefit Rule How to Prevent Re-Hospitalization Of Nursing Home Residents: More Physicians and Nurses In Nursing Homes Joint Statement: … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – April 18, 2019
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CMA Alert – April 11, 2019
Observation Status Deprives Medicare Beneficiaries of their Skilled Nursing Facility Benefit. Period. Nursing Home Requirements of Participation: Will the Administration Overturn 2016 Rules for Infection Control? New Fact Sheet Available – … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – April 11, 2019
CMA Alert – March 14, 2019
Joint Statement by Center for Medicare Advocacy and Medicare Rights Center: President’s Budget Targets Key Health Care Programs Members of Congress Reintroduce Legislation to Fix Outpatient Observation Status Medicare Advantage Case Spotlight … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – March 14, 2019
Medicare Advantage Case Spotlight
The son of a hospitalized patient recently called the Center for Medicare Advocacy. His father was ready for discharge. Physicians at both the hospital and the inpatient rehabilitation hospital (IRH) agreed that the patient would benefit from IRH … [Read more...] about Medicare Advantage Case Spotlight
CMA Comments on Nursing Home Reimbursement Rules
June , 2018 Mr. Alex M. Azar. II Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services Seema Verma Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Room 445-G, Hubert H. Humphrey … [Read more...] about CMA Comments on Nursing Home Reimbursement Rules
CMA Alert – Proposed Payment Rules Will Worsen Home Care Crisis; CMS Clarifies “3-Hour Rule;” Still Time to Register for Next Week’s Summit
Proposed CMS Payment Rules Will Worsen the Home Care Crisis CMS Clarifies 3-Hour “Rule” Should Not Preclude Medicare-Covered Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Care Register Now - One Week Left Until the National Voices of Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Proposed Payment Rules Will Worsen Home Care Crisis; CMS Clarifies “3-Hour Rule;” Still Time to Register for Next Week’s Summit
Center Testimony on “The Current Status of the Medicare Program”
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH HEARING ON "THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM, PAYMENT SYSTEMS, AND EXTENDERS” WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMITTED BY CENTER FOR … [Read more...] about Center Testimony on “The Current Status of the Medicare Program”
Federal Court Approves CMS Corrective Statement to Enforce Jimmo Settlement
On February 16, 2017, the Jimmo v. Sebelius court approved a Corrective Statement to be used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to affirmatively disavow the use of an “Improvement Standard” for Medicare … [Read more...] about Federal Court Approves CMS Corrective Statement to Enforce Jimmo Settlement
The President’s Proposed FY 2017 Budget: The Impact on Medicare
On February 9, 2016, President Obama unveiled his Fiscal Year 2017 Budget.[1] With respect to Medicare, this year’s proposed budget is very similar to last year’s, both good and bad, with some notable exceptions. While not a … [Read more...] about The President’s Proposed FY 2017 Budget: The Impact on Medicare
The Jimmo Implementation Council
Advancing Access to Medicare and Necessary Care for People with Long-Term Conditions and Injuries With support from the John A. Hartford Foundation the Center for Medicare Advocacy has created a multi-disciplinary Jimmo Implementation Council. … [Read more...] about The Jimmo Implementation Council