Biography

• Charles P. Sabatino, J.D. – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Kate Stonebreaker, RN, BA - Comments (0)
• Marion Platt, EdD – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Daniel B. Wildes, MA – Appeals Assistant - Comments (0)
• Julia Evans Starr – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Bess Brewer, Esq. – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Patricia Nemore, JD - Comments (0)
• Constance I. Neal – Secretary, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Sally Hart, JD, MBT, LLM - Comments (0)
• Rebecca C. Morgan, Esq. – Treasurer, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Keith Bradoc (Brad) Gallant, Esq. – Vice-President, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Elizabeth Maldonado – Legal Secretary - Comments (0)
• Shaun Harrington – Data Manager & Programmer - Comments (0)
• Lisa Hall – Appeals Administrator - Comments (0)
• Sue A. Greeno – Medicare Advocate - Comments (0)
• Susan J. Collins – Information & Referral Specialist - Comments (0)
• Casey Carpenter – Executive Assistant - Comments (0)
• Crystal Campbell – Documents Manager - Comments (0)
• Corinna Beebe – Appeals Manager - Comments (0)
• Stephanie Allard Aston – Paralegal - Comments (0)
• Dara Valanejad, JD – Policy Attorney - Comments (0)
• Gill W. Deford, JD - Comments (0)
• Clifford Roth, JD – Attorney - Comments (0)
• Kata Kertesz, JD – Policy Attorney - Comments (0)
• Paul Grabowski, JD – Attorney - Comments (0)
• Wey-Wey Kwok, JD – Senior Attorney - Comments (0)
• Toby S. Edelman, Ed. M., JD – Senior Policy Attorney - Comments (0)
• Mary A. Ashkar, JD – Senior Attorney - Comments (0)
• Scott Perkins, MA – Development Director - Comments (0)
• Matthew E. Shepard, MA – Communications Director - Comments (0)
• Alice Bers, JD – Litigation Director - Comments (0)
• David Lipschutz, JD – Associate Director - Comments (0)
• Kathleen Holt, MBA, JD – Associate Director - Comments (0)
• Judith A. Stein, JD – Executive Director - Comments (0)

Blog Post

• Statement by Center for Medicare Advocacy Executive Director Judith Stein - Comments (0)

Board Biography

• Charles P. Sabatino, J.D. – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Marion Platt, EdD – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Julia Evans Starr – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Elizabeth Duckrow, MS – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Sean Cavanaugh – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Bess Brewer, Esq. – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Ben Belton – Member, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Constance I. Neal – Secretary, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Rebecca C. Morgan, Esq. – Treasurer, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Keith Bradoc (Brad) Gallant, Esq. – Vice-President, Board of Directors - Comments (0)
• Judith Feder, Ph.D – President, Board of Directors - Comments (0)

Consultant Biography

• Kate Stonebreaker, RN, BA - Comments (0)
• Patricia Nemore, JD - Comments (0)
• Sally Hart, JD, MBT, LLM - Comments (0)
• Gill W. Deford, JD - Comments (0)

fact-sheet

• Medicare Coverage In Light of Jimmo v. Sebelius For Providers, Contractors, and Adjudicators - Comments (0)
• Checklist for Medicare Nursing Home “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Checklist for Medicare Home Health Care “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Fact Sheet – Medicare Home Health Coverage In Light of Jimmo v. Sebelius - Comments (0)
• Fact Sheet – Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage and Jimmo v. Sebelius - Comments (0)
• Advocacy Tips: Medicare Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearing Process - Comments (0)
• Expedited v. Standard Medicare Appeals: Not Knowing the Difference Could Cost You Your Appeal Rights! - Comments (0)

General Biography

• Daniel B. Wildes, MA – Appeals Assistant - Comments (0)
• Elizabeth Maldonado – Legal Secretary - Comments (0)
• Shaun Harrington – Data Manager & Programmer - Comments (0)
• Lisa Hall – Appeals Administrator - Comments (0)
• Sue A. Greeno – Medicare Advocate - Comments (0)
• Susan J. Collins – Information & Referral Specialist - Comments (0)
• Casey Carpenter – Executive Assistant - Comments (0)
• Crystal Campbell – Documents Manager - Comments (0)
• Corinna Beebe – Appeals Manager - Comments (0)
• Stephanie Allard Aston – Paralegal - Comments (0)
• Dara Valanejad, JD – Policy Attorney - Comments (0)
• Clifford Roth, JD – Attorney - Comments (0)
• Kata Kertesz, JD – Policy Attorney - Comments (0)
• Paul Grabowski, JD – Attorney - Comments (0)
• Wey-Wey Kwok, JD – Senior Attorney - Comments (0)
• Toby S. Edelman, Ed. M., JD – Senior Policy Attorney - Comments (0)
• Mary A. Ashkar, JD – Senior Attorney - Comments (0)
• Scott Perkins, MA – Development Director - Comments (0)
• Matthew E. Shepard, MA – Communications Director - Comments (0)
• Alice Bers, JD – Litigation Director - Comments (0)
• David Lipschutz, JD – Associate Director - Comments (0)
• Kathleen Holt, MBA, JD – Associate Director - Comments (0)
• Judith A. Stein, JD – Executive Director - Comments (0)

issue-brief

• Issue Brief: Medicare Payment vs. Coverage for Home Health & Skilled Nursing Facility Care - Comments (0)
• Protect Nursing Home Nurse Aide Training Requirements; Protect Residents’ Right to High Quality Care - Comments (0)
• Analysis of President Trump’s Medicare Executive Order: - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief – Medicare Coverage of Dental Services - Comments (0)
• Report: There’s Nothing Special About How CMS Treats Special Focus Nursing Facilities - Comments (0)
• Report: Nurse Staffing Deficiencies - Comments (0)
• Plans to Address and Resolve the Medicare Home Care Crisis - Comments (0)
• Special Report: Recent Changes in Law, Regulations and Guidance Relating to Medicare Advantage and the Prescription Drug Benefit Program - Comments (0)
• Statistical Trends and Published Articles with Studies and Research from 2002-2017 - Comments (0)
• Special Focus Nursing Facilities that “Have Not Improved:” Poor Care for Residents, Overall Ratings Artificially Boosted by 5-Star Ratings in Self-Reported Quality Measures - Comments (0)
• Special Focus Facilities: Poor Care for Residents, Limited Enforcement Consequences for Facilities - Comments (0)
• Proposed CMS Payment Rules Will Worsen the Home Care Crisis - Comments (0)
• Barriers to Home Care Created by CMS Payment, Quality Measurement, and Fraud Investigation Systems - Comments (0)
• Beneficiary Protections Expanded in Revised Home Health Conditions of Participation - Comments (0)
• September 2017 – Jimmo Implementation Update & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• The Home Care Crisis: An Elder Justice Issue - Comments (0)
• July 2017 – Update on Health Reform & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• Misleading and Inaccurate CMS Medicare Home Health Publications - Comments (0)
• Medicare Coverage for Home Care Is Based On a Need For Skilled Care – Improvement Is Not Required - Comments (0)
• CMA Issue Brief Series: Medicare Home Health Care Crisis - Comments (0)
• CMS Considers New Medicare Reimbursement System for Skilled Nursing Facilities: If Implemented, Would Gut Therapy - Comments (0)
• Brief Description of Medicare Home Health Coverage Under the Medicare Act - Comments (0)
• Overview: The Crisis in Medicare Home Health Coverage and Access to Care - Comments (0)
• Mandatory Nurse Staffing Levels - Comments (0)
• Federal Initiatives that May Affect Nurse Staffing Levels - Comments (0)
• Staffing Requirements: The Revised Requirements of Participation - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief: CMS Issues New Rules Governing Medicare Appeals - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief: Nursing Home Residents in Jeopardy if Medicaid Becomes a Block Grant - Comments (0)

Media

• CMS Not Acknowledging Medicare Plan Finder Problems Could Hurt Beneficiaries – Full Statement - Comments (0)
• Joint Statement on Turmoil in the Nursing Home Industry - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy and Florida Health Justice Project Sue to Obtain “Off-label” Part D Prescription Drug Coverage for Beneficiary - Comments (0)
• Statement from the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Executive Director Judith Stein: Health Care is Under Assault – CBO Score for AHCA, Trump Budget and ACA Sabotage - Comments (0)
• Statement: CBO Report Confirms ACA Repeal Legislation Will Reduce Health Coverage, Care and Undermine Medicare - Comments (0)
• Welcome Reprieve for People Who Need Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) To Communicate - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Comments on the Impact of Dual Eligibility on MA and Part D Quality Scores - Comments (0)
• Trustees Report Reveals Medicare Is Solvent Beyond 2013 Projections - Comments (0)
• Senior Policy Attorney Toby S. Edelman Testifies about Observation Status before Congress - Comments (0)
• Testimony of Judith A. Stein Re: Medicare Advantage - Comments (0)
• Adverse Events in Nursing Facilities Outpace Hospitals - Comments (0)
• Medicare Advantage Plan “Cuts:” Savings That Make Sense - Comments (0)
• Jimmo Class Members Can Now Have Their Coverage Denials Re-Reviewed - Comments (0)
• Center and “Observation Status” on NBC Nightly News - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Testifies on Medicare Redesign - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Director Judith Stein Refutes Claims that ACA Hurts Medicare - Comments (0)

Press Release

• Federal Court Orders Appeal Rights on “Observation Status” Issue for Certain Medicare Hospital Patients - Comments (0)
• Lawmakers Must Be Cautious about Recommendations from a New Industry Report on Nursing Home Closures - Comments (0)
• President’s Budget Again Takes Aim at Key Health Care Programs - Comments (0)
• Protect Nursing Home Nurse Aide Training Requirements; Protect Residents’ Right to High Quality Care - Comments (0)
• Medicare Experts Call for Swift Passage of HR3 to Lower Drug Prices and Improve Medicare - Comments (0)
• CMS Not Acknowledging Medicare Plan Finder Problems Could Hurt Beneficiaries – Full Statement - Comments (0)
• The President’s Medicare Executive Order Expands Bias Toward Private Medicare Advantage Over Traditional Medicare - Comments (0)
• Beneficiary Advocates Raise Alarms Concerning Roll-Out of New Medicare Plan Finder and Revision of Medicare Marketing Rules - Comments (0)
• Special Focus Facility Candidates Must Be Identified On Nursing Home Compare - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Files Amicus Brief In Support of the Affordable Care Act - Comments (0)
• Trump Administration Works to Undermine the Affordable Care Act – Yet Again - Comments (0)
• Court Denies All Government Motions in Class Action Seeking Appeal Right for Medicare Beneficiaries on “Observation Status” - Comments (0)
• Joint Statement by Center for Medicare Advocacy and Medicare Rights Center: President’s Budget Targets Key Health Care Programs - Comments (0)
• Joint Statement on Turmoil in the Nursing Home Industry - Comments (0)
• Texas Affordable Care Act Decision Flawed, ACA is Still the Law of the Land - Comments (0)
• Under-Enforcement and Rollbacks: Children Die at a Nursing Home - Comments (0)
• Medicare is Under Threat This Election - Comments (0)
• Enforcement Weakens as Civil Money Penalties Shift From Per Day to Per Instance - Comments (0)
• 2018 Will Determine the Future of Medicare - Comments (0)
• Center Submits Statement to Congressional Subcommittee on SNF Safety and Quality of Care - Comments (0)
• Senate Begins Confirmation Hearings: Center for Medicare Advocacy Statement on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court - Comments (0)
• Medical Loss Ratios for Nursing Homes: Protecting Residents and Public Funds - Comments (0)
• White Paper Stresses Importance of Oral Health Care Benefit for Older Adults - Comments (0)
• The New York Times Shows Nursing Homes Are Not Meeting Staffing Requirements - Comments (0)
• ACA Repeal – Again: A Bad Deal for Older Adults and People with Disabilities - Comments (0)
• Medicare Trustees Report: Stop Overpaying Private Plans & Underfunding Medicare - Comments (0)
• Beneficiary Advocates Urge Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Correct Inaccuracies in Medicare & You Handbook for 2019 - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy and Florida Health Justice Project Sue to Obtain “Off-label” Part D Prescription Drug Coverage for Beneficiary - Comments (0)
• President’s Budget Targets Key Health Care Programs; Millions at Risk if Implemented - Comments (0)
• Team Gleason – Center for Medicare Advocacy Home Health Initiative - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Statement on the Health Extenders in the Budget Agreement - Comments (0)
• Consumer Statement on New Federal Landmark Study on “Critical Incidents” in Assisted Living - Comments (0)
• People with Medicare Largely Forgotten in Spending Bill Debate - Comments (0)
• Statement on Passage of Devastating Tax Bill - Comments (0)
• Advocacy Organizations Opposed to Congressional Tax Plan - Comments (0)
• More than 40 Organizations Join Together in Opposition to  Senate’s Tax Cuts & Jobs Act - Comments (0)
• House Passes Damaging Tax Bill, Health Advocates Urge Senate to Rethink Their Plan - Comments (0)
• Tax Cut Bill Just Got Worse.  Health Care at Risk. - Comments (0)
• Statement from the Center for Medicare Advocacy on Trump Administration’s ACA Actions - Comments (0)
• Statement from Center for Medicare Advocacy on Latest ACA Repeal Effort  - Comments (0)
• Leading Medicare Advocates Voice Opposition to Graham-Cassidy Bill - Comments (0)
• The Medicare Rights Center and the Center for Medicare Advocacy Develop New Partnership with Support from The Retirement Research Foundation - Comments (0)
• Jimmo Corrective Action Plan Completed - Comments (0)
• Court Certifies Nationwide Class in “Observation Status” Case - Comments (0)
• Center for Medicare Advocacy Statement on Senate Failure to Pass ACA Repeal - Comments (0)
• Senate Votes to Continue Attack on Health Care - Comments (0)
• Health Care is Under Assault – CBO Score for AHCA, Trump Budget and ACA Sabotage - Comments (0)
• More Than 75 National Organizations Urge U.S. Senate to Defend Medicare and Medicaid - Comments (0)
• House Passes American Health Care Act – Not American in Spirit or Health Care in Substance - Comments (0)
• ACA Repeal Bill Keeps Getting Worse – Congress Must Reject It Today - Comments (0)

Self Help Packet

• The Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Agreement: An Issue Brief for Medicare Providers - Comments (0)
• Jimmo “Improvement Standard” Appeal Letter Template - Comments (0)
• Medicare Home Health Coverage Booklet - Comments (0)
• Cobertura De Medicare Para Salud Domiciliaria - Comments (0)
• Checklist for Medicare Nursing Home “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Checklist for Medicare Home Health Care “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Medicare Fully Informed Project - Comments (0)
• Self-Help Packet for Ambulance Appeals - Comments (0)
• Self-Help Packet for Medicare “Observation Status” - Comments (0)
• Self-Help Packet for Outpatient Therapy Denials Including “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Self-Help Packet for Home Health Care Appeals Including “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Self-Help Packet for Hospital Discharge - Comments (0)
• Self-Help Packet for Skilled Nursing Facility Appeals Including “Improvement Standard” Denials - Comments (0)
• Advocacy Tips: Medicare Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearing Process - Comments (0)
• Expedited v. Standard Medicare Appeals: Not Knowing the Difference Could Cost You Your Appeal Rights! - Comments (0)
• Choosing Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage - Comments (0)

Testimonials

• Testimony of Judith A. Stein Re: Medicare Advantage - Comments (0)
• Summer 2013 Intern - Comments (0)
• Ariel Zieg, Health Policy Intern - Comments (0)
• “D.C.”, Renal Social Worker, Norwalk, CT - Comments (0)
• “Mo”, Home Health RN, Xenia, Ohio - Comments (0)
• S.J., Edina, MN - Comments (0)
• Dawn Washington, Elder Rights Program Manager, Georgia Division of Aging Services - Comments (0)
• Ellie Crosby, Georgia Senior Legal Hotline - Comments (0)
• P. T., Greenwich, CT - Comments (0)
• Katherine, Knoxville TN - Comments (0)
• B.H. - Comments (0)
• Lisa H., Medical Writing Director - Comments (0)
• Cheryl Grenier, Director, Truro Council on Aging Truro, MA - Comments (0)
• Roberta M., RN, Patient Advocate - Comments (0)
• Jim Burgess, Municipal Agent, Town of Somers, CT - Comments (0)
• Patricia Tobin, Prensky & Tobin, Mill Valley, CA - Comments (0)
• Lydia H. Baker, Coordinator Medicare/Health Insurance Assistance Program Pima Council on Aging - Comments (0)
• Jim Bergman, The Center for Social Gerontology Ann Arbor, Michigan - Comments (0)
• Lynn Berry, Legal Services Developer (Michigan) - Comments (0)
• Tracy Keibler, Executive Director, ApparentPlan and Public Policy Chair of the Minnesota Board on Aging - Comments (0)
• Natalie Thomas, Attorney at Law State Legal Services Developer, Georgia Division of Aging Services - Comments (0)
• Christine Lewis, Former Director, Connecticut State Unit on Aging - Comments (0)
• Barney S. Spivack, M.D., FACP, CMD, President, Connecticut Geriatrics Society - Comments (0)
• Julie Evans Starr, Executive Director of the State Commission on Aging for the State of Connecticut - Comments (0)
• Former Senator Christopher J. Dodd, (D. Conn) - Comments (0)
• Representative Rosa DeLauro (D. Conn) - Comments (0)
• Representative Joe Courtney (D. Conn.) - Comments (0)
• Former Secretary of State, Sen. John Kerry - Comments (0)

Uncategorized

• CMA Alert – March 26, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – March 19, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – March 12, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – February 27, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – February 20, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – February 13, 2020 - Comments (0)
• Wendell Potter - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – February 6, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – January 30, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – January 23, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – January 16, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – January 9, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – January 2, 2020 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – December 24, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – December 20, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – December 13, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – November 27, 2019 - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief – November 2019 – Medicare Enrollment Period Updates & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• November 2019 – Medicare Enrollment Period Updates & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• Medicare Is Being Ruined – You Can Help Fix It for Today - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – November 14, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – November 7, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – October 31, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – October 24, 2019 - Comments (0)
• Center Comments on Use of written Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – October 17, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Letter to Energy & Commerce in Support of H.R. 3 and Reinvestment of Savings in Medicare - Comments (0)
• CMA Letter To Ways & Means in Support of H.R. 3 and Reinvestment of Savings in Medicare - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – October 10, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – October 3, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – September 26, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – September 19, 2019 - Comments (0)
• Center Comments on Proposed Rule to Revise Nursing Home Requirements of Participation - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – September 12, 2019 - Comments (0)
• Center Comments on 2019 Proposed Home Health Rule - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief – September 2019 – Upcoming Annual Coordinated Election Period (ACEP) & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• September 2019 – Upcoming Annual Coordinated Election Period (ACEP) & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – September 5, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – August 29, 2019 - Comments (0)
• Joint Letter Concerning Medicare Plan Finder and Marketing Materials - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – August 22, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – August 15, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Comments on Non-Discrimination - Comments (0)
• CMA Comments on “Patients Over Paperwork” - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – August 8, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – August 1, 2019 - Comments (0)
• CMA Alert – July 25, 2019 - Comments (0)
• July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & Other Issues - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief – July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & other Issues - Comments (0)
• Issue Brief – May 2019 – Medicare Oral Health Coverage & Other Issues - Comments (0)