Medicare Trustees Report: Stop Overpaying Private Plans & Underfunding Medicare The Right Way to Lower Medicare Prescription Drug Costs Medicare Prior Authorization Requirement for Power Wheelchairs Expanding Nationwide Effective September 1, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Medicare Trustees Report; Fixing Part D; DME Prior Authorization Expansion; Center Testifies Before Congress On SNF Care
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Center for Medicare Advocacy Emphasizes Need to Protect Nursing Home Residents at Congressional Briefing
On June 4, 2018, the House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force held a briefing on “Protecting Seniors by Improving – Not Eroding – Nursing Home Quality Standards.” The Center for Medicare Advocacy, led by … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Emphasizes Need to Protect Nursing Home Residents at Congressional Briefing
CMA Alert – Bill Jeopardizes Civil Rights of People with Disabilities; More
House Passes Bill Jeopardizing Civil Rights of Individuals with Disabilities Medicare Home Health Highlight Latest Nursing Home Rights Issue Alert This Week in Healthcare Sabotage House Passes Bill Jeopardizing Civil Rights of … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – Bill Jeopardizes Civil Rights of People with Disabilities; More
Latest Nursing Home Rights Issue Alert
The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC), in partnership with the Center for Medicare Advocacy, publishes monthly Issue Alerts on the rights of nursing home residents. These Issue Alerts focus on specific standards of care that nursing homes … [Read more...] about Latest Nursing Home Rights Issue Alert
New LTCCC Issue Alert: Nursing Home Staffing Requirements
The Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC), in partnership with the Center for Medicare Advocacy, publishes monthly issue alerts on the rights of nursing home residents. These issue alerts focus on specific standards of care that nursing homes … [Read more...] about New LTCCC Issue Alert: Nursing Home Staffing Requirements
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 – OIG Warns of Abuse in SNFs; Ted Kennedy, Jr. Joins CMA Advisory Board; “Jimmo” Corrective Action Plan
HHS OIG Warns of Potential Elder Abuse in Skilled Nursing Facilities Connecticut State Senator Ted Kennedy, Jr. Joins Center for Medicare Advocacy Advisory Board Jimmo Corrective Action Plan Completed HHS OIG Warns of Potential Elder Abuse … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – OIG Warns of Abuse in SNFs; Ted Kennedy, Jr. Joins CMA Advisory Board; “Jimmo” Corrective Action Plan
Center Urges CMS to Preserve and Strengthen Consumer Protections in Medicare Advantage and Part D
As noted in a previous Alert, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized their 2018 Call Letter. In the same document, CMS issued a Request for Information regarding ideas for “regulatory, sub-regulatory, … [Read more...] about Center Urges CMS to Preserve and Strengthen Consumer Protections in Medicare Advantage and Part D
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”