Almost a million Medicare beneficiaries potentially affected by data breach, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2024
Almost a million Medicare beneficiaries could have been affected by a data breach announced Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS proposes expanding Medicare benefit for mobility devices, seeks feedback
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2023
Power seat elevation equipment on certain power wheelchairs would be covered for Medicare beneficiaries for the first time under a proposal put forth late Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Senate leader promises coronavirus relief this week as U.S. cases, deaths increase and senior living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads in the U.S. and senior living companies face increasing challenges, the Senate on Tuesday did not vote on a relief bill passed by the House. Senate Majority...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Potential data breach could affect 950,000
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2016
Health insurer Centene Corp. has announced a potential data breach that could affect 950,000 people, including some of your residents.
Providers tell CMS to explore telehealth, care coordination, long-term care financing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2018
Chronic care management via telehealth and remote monitoring, service coordination in affordable housing, and long-term care financing are some of the new directions that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
2 new data tools have AI evaluating patient populations better for ACOs, healthcare orgs
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 20, 2023
A data science platform has released two new digital tools that use AI to help healthcare ACOs with cost-effective solutions.
Bipartisan group pushes for more investment, permanent telehealth for Medicare providers
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 17, 2024
With a deadline to extend current telehealth reimbursement policies fast approaching, a bipartisan group of policy advocates is calling on legislators to make telehealth a permanent fixture of US healthcare...
Telehealth may not be as thrifty as many think, researchers find
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 13, 2023
While expanding virtual health options offers a number of benefits to patients and providers, the assumption that telehealth will universally lower costs may be overstated, experts caution.
About 10 percent of Medicare home health providers do not use EHRs, study finds
By
Adam Healy
Jan 05, 2024
Home health agencies that don’t have EHR systems are at a disadvantage, but many still lack this technology, according to a recent study.