Report: Transfer and Discharge Deficiencies Cited Since 2017: Surveyors Focus On paperwork, Not Residents’ Rights Study Finds Link Between Registered Nurse Hours and Antipsychotic Drug Use Webinar: Skilled Nursing Facilities … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – SNF Updates – Report: Transfer & Discharge Deficiencies; Link Between Nurse Hours and Antipsychotics; Webinar Next Week
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Letter to Inspector General Regarding Suspension of Antipsychotics Investigation
July 26, 2013 Daniel R. Levinson Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services 330 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Submitted Electronically Dear Mr. Levinson: A report today that your office has … [Read more...] about Letter to Inspector General Regarding Suspension of Antipsychotics Investigation
Toby Edelman Testifies Before Senate Special Committee Regarding Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes
UNITED STATES SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING OVERPRESCRIBED: THE HUMAN AND TAXPAYERS' COSTS OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS IN NURSING HOMES November 30, 2011 Testimony of Toby S. Edelman Senior Policy Attorney Center for Medicare Advocacy The … [Read more...] about Toby Edelman Testifies Before Senate Special Committee Regarding Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes
Special Report | The Urgent Need for Criteria for Federal Certification of Nursing Facilities
If an owner or operator fails to run its facilities effectively, why give them more? Nursing facilities must be licensed to do business in their state. To be eligible for reimbursement under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, or both, they must … [Read more...] about Special Report | The Urgent Need for Criteria for Federal Certification of Nursing Facilities
Issue Brief 79 | February 2023 – Medicare Advantage Updates & Other Issues
I. MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UPDATES There is consistent and growing evidence that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are paid more on average than traditional Medicare for a given beneficiary, and such payments are causing significant challenges for … [Read more...] about Issue Brief 79 | February 2023 – Medicare Advantage Updates & Other Issues
CMS Improves Public Reporting of Nursing Home Information
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s implementation of its comprehensive nursing home reform agenda, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new surveyor guidance, making two significant changes to its quality rating … [Read more...] about CMS Improves Public Reporting of Nursing Home Information
CMA Alert | July 7, 2022
Voices of Medicare | Medicare Advantage Network Inadequacy We recently heard from a Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollee from the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area who went several months without seeing a gastroenterologist due to Cigna’s failure … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | July 7, 2022
CMS Acts to Implement Revised Nursing Home Standards of Care
After delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has now issued guidance to implement standards of care for nursing homes that were promulgated in 2016 and were originally scheduled for … [Read more...] about CMS Acts to Implement Revised Nursing Home Standards of Care
Issue Brief – March 2022 – Litigation Update Including Observation Status, Off label Drugs & Other Issues
LITIGATION UPDATE (Beneficiary Appeals of Observation Status). In November 2011, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Justice in Aging filed a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals who have been denied Medicare Part A coverage … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – March 2022 – Litigation Update Including Observation Status, Off label Drugs & Other Issues
CMA Alert | October 21, 2022
CMA Report | Privatization of County-Owned Nursing Facilities is Not Good for Residents, Staff, or States In a May 1, 1998 report entitled “Nursing Home Privatization: What Is the Human Cost?”[1] the Pennsylvania-based Keystone Research Center … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 21, 2022