Certain health care providers in California are preparing for a long legal struggle over a proposed 10% cut to Medi-Cal reimbursements, Modern Physician reports.
Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program.
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AHCA News RELEASE - Obama Budget Response: Solutions, Not Cuts
Obama Budget Response: Solutions, Not Cuts
Need lasting solutions to address Medicare & Medicaid challenges
AHCAPressOffice@ahca.org (202) 898-3165
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LTC industry applauds legislation to roll back therapy caps
LTC industry applauds legislation to roll back therapy caps
March 22, 2013 by Bob Gatty
Legislation that would roll back caps on therapy services to seniors in skilled nursing centers has been introduced in both the House and Senate and is being applauded by an industry reeling from one payment reduction after another. The Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act was introduced in the Senate in mid-February by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and…
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Medicare Observation Days: Support Needed to Fix the Problem
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500+ Long-Term Care Jobs (Sales, NHA, DON, MDS, HR, BOM, RVP)
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Celebrate National Long Term Care Administrator's Week
Celebrate National Long Term Care Administrator's Week
March 10-16, 2013
Since 1994, The American College of Health Care Administrators has sponsored this national observance each March. Long Term Care Administrator's Week honors and celebrates the important role the administrator has…
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WHCA Launches Assisted Living Advocacy Initiative
Our work on Washington Medicaid funding in assisted living must be very focused over the next two weeks. The state revenue forecast is scheduled for March 20; the Senate Majority budget will be released soon after. We are working to help your legislators understand the importance of funding your Medicaid rates, but let's face it,
YOU MAKE THE BEST ARGUMENTS ABOUT YOUR QUALITY.
Please make it a point to help…
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WHCA Legislative Issue Brief
Restoration of Skilled Nursing Facility
Reimbursement System
HB 1885
Issue
The integrity of the Legislature’s reimbursement system for nursing homes is undermined by temporary, supplemental payments to providers that do not necessarily correlate with the provision of quality patient care. This is in direct conflict…
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SOTU Response: We’re Ready for Reform, Not More Cuts
SOTU Response: We’re Ready for Reform, Not More Cuts
Solutions to address Medicare & Medicaid challenges must go beyond further reductions, says Parkinson
AHCA Press Office AHCAPressOffice@ahca.org 202-898-3165
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2/12/2013…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on February 14, 2013 at 8:03pm — No Comments
Skilled or unskilled nursing: Feds ramp up investigations, prosecutions
Added by LTCCareer.com on January 25, 2013 at 11:07am — No Comments
Providers Prepare for Long Fight Against 10% Medi-Cal Rate Cut
Added by LTCCareer.com on January 18, 2013 at 7:22pm — No Comments
AHCA Advocacy
AHCA’s 11,000-strong membership is a powerful advocacy force for the long term and post-acute care profession. We’re dedicated to giving care providers the information they need to advocate both on Capitol Hill and in their statehouses. With our tools, resources and how-to guides, it’s easy speak out, stay informed and take action on issues affecting long term and post-acute care.…
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Distinguishing ‘Preventable’ from ‘Necessary’
Distinguishing ‘Preventable’ from ‘Necessary’ Hospitalizations in Long Term Care Is No Easy Task
January 4, 2013
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SNF that kept prison inmates constituted 'immediate jeopardy' for residents, state says
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Appeals Court Rules Calif. Can Reduce Medi-Cal Rates by 10%
On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California can reduce Medi-Cal payments for health care providers by 10%, overturning a lower court decision that blocked the cut, the Sacramento Bee's "Capitol Alert" reports.
Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program (Yamamura, "Capitol…
Added by LTCCareer.com on December 15, 2012 at 7:29pm — No Comments
20 National Organizations Send Letter to White House, Congress on Provider Assessments
20 National Organizations Send Letter to White House, Congress on Provider Assessments “Protect critical Medicaid funding from fiscal cliff deal for vulnerable Americans”
AHCA/NCAL, Michael Cowden (202) 898-3165 NAPH, Carl Graziano (202) 585-0102
Washington, DC –Twenty national organizations and associations representing Medicaid recipients and health care providers today sent a letter to the White House and Congress urging that provider assessments be protected from fiscal…
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The New Nursing Home Alternative Is A 'Granny Pod' In The Backyard
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State Supreme Court Allows Patients To Sue Nursing Home Owner
On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a group of patients can sue Covenant Care for allegedly violating California nurse-staffing standards, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Covenant Care owns 16 nursing homes in Alameda County.
State standards require long-term skilled-nursing facilities…
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500+ Long-Term Care Jobs (Sales, NHA, DON, MDS, HR, BOM, RVP)
Added by Tony Perry on November 19, 2012 at 8:17pm — 1 Comment
State AG Office Sets Sights on Nursing Home Elder Abuse
Representatives for California Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) recently confirmed that Harris' office is establishing three specialized teams -- one in Sacramento and two in Southern California -- to pursue criminal charges against administrators and workers at nursing homes that are suspected of abusing their elderly residents…
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What President Obama’s re-election means for the future of long-term care
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