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- Coalition Pushes for Long Term Care Financing Reform in Social Security, Medicare Reform Debates; Releases Report at Senate Hearing
- WASHINGTON, June 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At a hearing of the United States Senate's Special Committee on Aging on June 20 at 9:30 a.m., Citizens For Long Term Care, an unprecedented coalition of long term care providers, consumers, insurers and workers, wilWASHINGTON, June 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At a hearing...
- Research articles 2002-06-19
- Verispan: Pfizer Earns Top Honors for Medicare Part D Efforts in Long-Term Care
- YARDLEY, Pa. -- Pfizer received the largest number of mentions for best satisfying the needs of long-term care LTC pharmacy providers/consultants with Medicare Part D in Verispan's fall 2005 Nursing Home Pharmacy Provider/Consultant Promotional Audit.
- Research articles 2006-02-28
- Aetna and MHA Forge an Alliance to Serve Long Term Care Pharmacy Needs for Medicare Beneficiaries
- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) and MHA Long Term Care Network Inc. today announced an alliance that will strengthen both companies' network and patient management services for Medicare beneficiaries that are served through long-term care LTC pharmacies that serve nursing homes and other senior living facilities.
- Research articles 2005-07-22
- Long Term Care Leaders Speak to Severe Medicare Cuts that Would Threaten Quality Care Improvements in CA Skilled Nursing Facilities
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- Research articles 2005-04-25
- As the Administration and 108th Congress Convene, National Conference Examines Long-Term Care Needs, Medicare Policy
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- Research articles 2002-01-16
- A Guide for People With Medicare: Choosing Long-Term Care
- Long-term care is a "variety" of services that help people with health or personal needs and activities of daily living over a period of time. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, or in various types of facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Choosing long-term...
- White papers 2001-11-01
- The Medicare Prescription Benefit: Implications for Long-Term Care Residents
- About two-thirds of nursing facility residents are Medicaid beneficiaries, due to low income or having spent down their assets. Their medications are currently paid for by the Medicaid programs of the various states. Another 8-10% of nursing facility residents are covered by Medicare Part A, which pays for medications along...
- White papers 2002-08-13
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- Breaking Down Obama's Health Care Cuts
- Under President Obama’s budget proposal, about half of the money required to fund his $634 billion “reserve fund†for health reform would come from changes in Medicare and Medicaid spending. Jacob Goldstein of the WSJ Health Blog has dug up a detailed list of these projected savings from 2010-2019 in...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Can Pay-For-Performance Work in Health Care? You Bet.
- A nationwide health care study is finding that tying bonuses to certain medical steps can save millions of dollars and thousands of lives. The downside: More paperwork! ...
- Articles 2009-09-21
- Congress refuses to swallow cures for ailing Medicare
- Today's debate: Medicare's future Our view: Despite program's dire fiscal future, lawmakers duck reforms. The medical community often praises the virtues of preventive care. And rightly so. Early tests and treatments today can ward off serious problems tomorrow. Conversely, neglecting troubling symptoms can require more drastic intervention down...
- Research articles 2004-03-29
- Vladeck takes over as Health Care Financing Administration chief - Bruce C. Vladeck
- Bruce C. Vladeck, former president of the United Hospital Fund of New York, recently took office as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration HCFA, which runs the country's Medicare and Medicaid programs. Dr. Vladeck was president of the United Hospital Fund, a non-profit philanthropy and health services research...
- Research articles 1993-03-22
- Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton urges the Congress to act now on the nation's health care priorities.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 May 2000-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton urges the Congress to act now on the nation's health care priorities C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:30042000 Today, in his weekly radio address, President Clinton will...
- Research articles 2000-05-02
- Hiding In Plain Sight: Using Medicare To Solve The â??Public Optionâ?? Conundrum
- By JEFF GOLDSMITH As Senate and House Committee versions of health reform move toward unified legislation and floor votes, the most complex political challenge is how to resolve the "public option" controversy. While one would have thought weightier issues such as the shape of Medicare reform, the taxation required to...
- News items 2009-10-21
- How Should Physicians Be Paid? Nobody Agrees
- Does changing the way physicians are paid hold the key to effective healthcare reform? The New York Times held an online roundtable discussion on this topic, engaging a wide range of thought leaders, most of them physicians. Their widely varying responses show how little agreement there is on this topic,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-20
- CMS Readmissions Pilot Could Be a Sleeper Hit
- CMS, which has recently targeted “never†events and avoidable complications in hospitals, is now tackling an even bigger challenge: readmissions. According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, one in five Medicare patients is readmitted within a month of discharge; a third are back in the...
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Health Care Reform: How It Will Affect You
- The bills moving through Congress could have a bigger impact on your financial future than any legislation in a long, long time. Here's all you need to know to follow the key issues. ...
- Articles 2009-08-07
- Health Care Reform Is All In The Money
- One of the core goals of the Obama Administration and the Democratic Congress is some sort of health care reform. The House and Senate are creating their own bills; in some cases several different ones from different groups of legislators. The primary goal of all this is to...
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- How Private Insurers Could Compete With a Public Plan
- The Commonwealth Fund, one of the principal sources of health policy ideas for the Obama Administration, has estimated the potential savings of three different insurance reform scenarios from 2010 to 2020. Assuming that unspecified Medicare reforms and delivery system changes were implemented within a framework of universal coverage, the report...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- The Medicare-Bill Aftermath: Industry Implications
- Congress overruled President Bush's veto of the latest Medicare bill, sealing a big victory for doctors over insurance companies. As we noted last week, the bill puts off an automatic cut in physician fees by limiting subsidies to insurance companies. (Paul Krugman, I should note, offered a take similar to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Tenet's High Hospital Prices and Their Perverse Consequences
- One of the reasons healthcare is such a hairball to understand -- much less reform -- is that so few of the actual workings of the system are remotely transparent. Much hospital pricing, for instance, is so deeply shrouded in layers of individually negotiated discounts, almost none of which are...
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
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