Medicare among top voting issues for Gen Xers, millennials, report finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 10, 2024
Will Medicare still be solvent for Gen Xers (born between 1965 and 1980) and millennials (born between 1981 and 1996)? That’s a big question for many in these generations, according to a report from...
Business briefs, July 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2024
Senior living sees overall occupancy increase for 12th quarter in a row … $5M program puts CNAs at center of expanded geriatric care network …Morning Pointe of Hardin Valley earns deficiency-free state...
Bipartisan BENES 2.0 Act could mean more money in the pockets of long-term care residents
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2022
Older adults and long-term care residents could end up with more money in their pockets if the Senate’s bipartisan Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification 2.0 Act becomes law....
Medicare beneficiaries can appeal gap in nursing home coverage, court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2022
Thursday ruling from a three-judge appellate federal court in Connecticut paves the way for hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries to appeal non-coverage of nursing home care after hospital stays.
Bipartisan legislation would expand access to advance care planning in Medicare
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2022
The Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act pending in Congress would, if passed and signed into law, expand access to advance care planning services in Medicare.
Business briefs, Oct. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 23, 2023
Assisted living providers should be allowed to lead Medicare ACOs, advocacy group says… Rein in ‘alarming’ Medicare Advantage, expand Medicare services to innovate senior care, LTC advocates...
GOP senator announces Social Security, Medicare funding bill
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 14, 2023
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has proposed a bill to fund Social Security and Medicare. The action follows President Biden’s statements during last week’s State of the Union address that Republicans are looking...
Biden looks to boost supply chain for vaccines and other medicines
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2023
President Biden on Monday said he plans to use the Defense Production Act to make more “essential medicines” in America in an effort to mitigate drug shortages and curb inflation.
Lawmakers re-introduce bill to waive 3-day stay requirement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 03, 2021
A bipartisan cadre of lawmakers reintroduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. If passed, the legislation would make permanent last year’s...
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...