With new model, CMS opens up home care opportunities for MCOs serving dual eligibles
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 21, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new model for 2021 enables Medicaid managed care organizations to allow in-home aides to promote flu vaccines, manage medical appointments and receive training...
Advocacy group alleges PDGM is ‘discriminatory’ policy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 05, 2021
The Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA) accused the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday of using unfair practices against beneficiaries requiring longer-term home healthcare.
New CDC profile shares demographics of assisted living residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2021
Bathing, walking and dressing are the most common activities of daily living that residents of assisted living or similar residential communities need help with, according to a new data brief from the...
CMS proposes changes for DMEPOS fee schedule
By
Joe Jancsurak
Oct 29, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed policy changes that would establish new methodologies for adjusting fee schedule payment amounts for Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics,...
Where dementia is most prevalent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2016
A new tool from the federal government provides county- and state-level prevalence data for Alzheimer’s/dementia and 15 other chronic conditions.
Community health workers help affordable senior housing residents age successfully: case study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2021
Affordable senior housing residents’ physical, mental and social health generally improve with the help of community health workers, according to a new case study from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass...
COVID-19 vaccine priority populations vary by state, city: reports
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 11, 2020
With the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory board recommending approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization on Thursday, two data analyses outline which...
House passes bill to limit insulin costs to $35 a month
Apr 01, 2022
The bill now has to pass the Senate with at least 10 Republican votes.
Glycemic control has not been affected by pandemic
Jul 07, 2021
Despite a drop in diabetes-related outpatient visits and testing, no negative association was found with glycemic control.
Biden pledges to lower prescription drug prices for Americans
Dec 07, 2021
But the biggest policy change — letting Medicare negotiate prices for prescription drugs — will not start to lower costs until 2025.