Medicaid proposals could harm individuals, burden healthcare system, CEOs say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 20, 2017
The 74 million lower-income, disabled and older adults who rely on Medicaid for their healthcare coverage could be harmed, and the healthcare system unduly burdened, under current proposals to replace...
‘Seniors have a lot to lose’ under ACA replacement, congresswoman says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2017
Reduced outlays for Medicaid, a shorter lifespan for the Medicare program, higher insurance premiums for those aged 50 to 64 and more uninsured older adults would be some of the effects of the American...
GAO urges CMS to take action on assisted living recommendation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 09, 2019
The Government Accountability Office on Monday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to address a recommendation made in its January 2018 report on assisted living and said it would be monitoring...
State Medicaid directors urge caution on Graham-Cassidy reforms
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2017
The Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act contains “significant challenges” that deserve “thorough discussion, examination and analysis,” the National...
CMS proposes first PACE update since 2006
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2016
The Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly would be updated for the first time since 2006 under a proposal announced Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Social Security, Medicare solvency improves slightly, but ‘significant financing issues’...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2024
The Treasury Department — with the departments of Health and Human Services and Labor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration — released the annual Social...
AMA considers advocating that CCRCs be part of ACOs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 19, 2017
The American Medical Association will lobby the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow continuing care retirement communities to initiate investment models of accountable care organizations...
Personal care service reforms make OIG list of top unimplemented recommendations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2019
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General references personal care services and personal care services attendants, long-term care employee background checks...
Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, reform of the Medicaid program to fund it through per capita caps or block grants, and cuts to affordable housing programs all are proposed as part of President Trump’s...
House passes ACA replacement, provider groups express concerns
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2017
As health leaders in the government praised the Affordable Care Act replacement passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday, organizations representing senior living operators expressed concerns...