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Senate Finance Committee Confirms Medicare Home Health Coverage Can Be Long-Term

At a September 19, 2023 hearing, held by the Subcommittee on Health Care of the Senate Finance Committee and entitled “Aging in Place: The Vital Role of Home Health and Access to Care,” Subcommittee Chair Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D – MD) confirmed … [Read more...] about Senate Finance Committee Confirms Medicare Home Health Coverage Can Be Long-Term

Center for Medicare Advocacy Submits Comments on Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule

On August 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule titled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Submits Comments on Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule

Gallup Poll Finds Americans Give Nursing Homes a “D+” Grade for Quality

A new poll by Gallup, conducted between July 5-24, 2023, finds that “most U.S. adults would be reluctant to admit a relative to a nursing home.” Survey respondents give nursing home quality an average grade of "D+", with 36% saying quality is poor, … [Read more...] about Gallup Poll Finds Americans Give Nursing Homes a “D+” Grade for Quality

Meaningful Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes: If Not Now, When?

COVID-19 caused the deaths of more than 200,000 nursing home residents and staff members. The extraordinarily high number of deaths – nearly 20% of the COVID-19 deaths nationwide were nursing home residents although residents constitute only 0.0006% … [Read more...] about Meaningful Nurse Staffing Ratios in Nursing Homes: If Not Now, When?

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