Gem City Home operator received $2.67 million in overpayments: Medicare audit
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 26, 2020
Gem City Home Care incorrectly billed Medicare for services provided to beneficiaries who were not homebound or did not require skilled services.
Medicare spending on SNFs up more than 4 percent, but use declines
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2022
Total Medicare spending for skilled nursing facilities increased $1.1 billion (4.4%) between 2019 and 2020, although 200,000 fewer traditional Medicare beneficiaries were using SNF services after the pandemic...
Proposal creating Medicare LTSS benefit gains senior living industry support
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2018
Proposed legislation to create a federal program within Medicare to support those with substantial long-term care costs when they need care is drawing support from senior living industry groups.
3 companies merge to form senior living value-based care delivery company
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2022
Three healthcare organizations are merging with a goal of delivering value-based healthcare models to senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities across the country.
Business briefs for Tuesday, April 6
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 06, 2021
Continuing Healthcare Solutions joins growing list of long-term care operators mandating employee vaccinations … Gleckman: Biden proposal still missing critical pieces toward fully reforming Medicaid’s...
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 13
Oct 13, 2020
Humana Medicare Advantage losing two Minnesota providers, which could leave 10,000 Minnesotans with higher out-of-pocket costs … Walmart enters the Medicare broker market … Analysis: Medicare’s...
59.5 percent of adult ED visits are for patients with chronic conditions
Sep 02, 2022
Among adults with three or more chronic conditions, Medicare was the most frequently observed expected source of payment.
A new chapter along the array of care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2021
LeadingAge Minnesota’s retiring chief, Gayle Kvenvold, shares insights gleaned over a 52-year career and discusses how the industry has changed, what’s in store for the future, lessons from the...
Action needed for long-term sustainability of Medicare, Social Security, Yellen says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2022
Medicare and Social Security trustees reports released last week showed “strong economic recovery and growth in the past year,” Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said. In the long term, however, both...
Providers applaud new Choose Home Care Act legislation in House
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 11, 2021
Home care and senior service organizations cheered the introduction of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives Friday that expands access to in-home care.