I. COVID-19 and Medicare A. Latest General Updates Policy Updates Issued by CMS While there are some Medicare coverage provision changes in the bills discussed below, most of the Medicare-related changes have been issued by the Centers for … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – May 2020 – Medicare and COVID-19 & Other Issues
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Center Comments on Proposed Rule to Revise Nursing Home Requirements of Participation
September 15, 2019 Administrator Seema Verma Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-3347-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: CMS-3374-P; Federal Register, Vol. 84, No. … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Proposed Rule to Revise Nursing Home Requirements of Participation
Issue Brief – July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & other Issues
1. UPDATES on the BENES Act and PART D LEGISLATION Guest Speaker: Lindsey Copeland from the Medicare Rights Center Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act (S. 1280/H.R. 2477) Medicare Rights Center … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & other Issues
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
Nursing Home Requirements of Participation: Will the Administration Overturn 2016 Rules for Infection Control?
The Trump Administration solicited ideas for cutting nursing home standards of care[1] and has announced plans to publish new Requirements of Participation in order to reduce the burden on nursing facilities.[2] In October 2016, the Obama … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Requirements of Participation: Will the Administration Overturn 2016 Rules for Infection Control?
Statement on 2019 Nursing Home Hearing
NOT FORGOTTEN: PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN NURSING HOMES Hearing held March 6, 2019 Statement for the record submitted by: Tony Chicotel, Staff Attorney; Michael Connors, Long Term Care Advocate; Janet Wells, Public Policy … [Read more...] about Statement on 2019 Nursing Home Hearing
Statement for Record, US Senate Committee on Finance SNF Hearing
United States Senate Committee on Finance “Not Forgotten: Protecting Americans From Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes” March 6, 2019 Statement submitted by: Long Term Care Community Coalition, Center for Medicare Advocacy, National Consumer … [Read more...] about Statement for Record, US Senate Committee on Finance SNF Hearing
Issue Brief – January 2019 – Medicare Advocacy: Highlights from 2018 and Looking Forward in 2019
Disclaimer: the views expressed in this Issue Brief and during the Alliance call are solely those of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. ACCESS TO CARE Home Health Between April 2017 and October 2018, the Center completed the … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – January 2019 – Medicare Advocacy: Highlights from 2018 and Looking Forward in 2019
CMA Alert – January 17, 2019
Improve and Expand Medicare: Oral Health Center for Medicare Advocacy is Honored to Welcome Judith Feder, Ph.D as President of our Board of Directors Registered Nurses Are the Key to Reducing Hospital Readmissions of Nursing Home Residents Hot … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – January 17, 2019
CMA Alert – November 8, 2018
Health Care Prominent in Mid-Term Elections – How will the New, Divided Congress React? Center for Medicare Advocacy Comments on Proposed Nursing Home Legislation and Rule Jimmo Implementation: Beneficiary Successfully Appeals Denial of … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – November 8, 2018