GOP lawmakers say they will seek Medicare, Medicaid changes next year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 08, 2017
While Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives work to reconcile their two versions of a tax reform bill that analysts say could add more than $1 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years,...
CBO: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security share blame for deficit increase
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2016
The federal budget deficit will increase in relation to economic output for the first time since 2009, according to an updated economic outlook issued Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office. Spending...
Nov. 18 is new deadline for comments on CMS-proposed quality measures for HCBS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline until Nov. 18 for those who would like to provide feedback its proposed national quality and outcomes measures for the Medicaid-funded...
GAO’s assisted living report part of testimony at House hearing on Medicaid
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2018
Assisted living made an appearance Thursday at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the Medicaid program when a Government Accountability Office report related to the industry was referenced...
GAO: CMS needs better data to prevent HCBS overpayments, fraud
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 13, 2017
The Medicaid program needs better data to be able to ensure that it does not overpay for personal care services and to reduce the risk of fraud occurring, the Government Accountability Office said in a...
Florida assisted living communities challenged by staffing, Medicaid, study confirms
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2019
Staffing and Medicaid reimbursement were two pressing issues for operators that emerged from a recent survey commissioned by the Florida Assisted Living Association, the organization’s CEO, Shaddrick...
Assisted living hospice care, HCBS, Medicaid make OIG list
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2017
Assisted living hospice care, Medicaid personal care services, home- and community-based services waiver programs and Medicaid data are four topics that made the top 25 list included in the Health and...
GAO report highlights four high-risk healthcare areas
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2017
Four healthcare-related areas are especially vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement, or need to be transformed, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Reports make the case for HCBS over institutional care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 18, 2018
Community-based long-term services and supports have the potential to increase Medicaid beneficiary satisfaction and save costs, and they’re becoming increasingly popular as an alternative to institutional...
More news for Tuesday, Jan. 15
Jan 15, 2019
Trump may bypass Congress under new bid to get Medicaid block grants … Retirement home’s responsibilities debated as resident claims discrimination in $1M lawsuit … Physician assistant pleads guilty...