Medicaid

We can probably assume no House Select Subcommittee will stage a showy hearing to examine the recent finding that the excess mortality rate was better during the COVID-19 pandemic for those with dementia...

Connecticut has new transparency rules for nursing home owners and will require a “plain language” explanation of how Medicaid rates are set. 

Lawyers for an embattled group of nursing homes accused the New York attorney general of trying to “weaponize” a court-appointed monitor charged with assessing the quality of care.

Iowa has increased its Medicaid rate, put millions of dollars into workforce development, approved tort reform, and enacted a moratorium on new nursing home licenses, but the state continues to lose nursing...

As Medicaid rate negotiations continue, especially in states whose legislatures develop two-year budgets, worries are already arising about how willing state lawmakers will be to sustain increases.

Major provider organizations are raising concerns about equitable post-acute care regulation, given two proposed rules that would increase transparency into states’ payment for some home- and community-based...

The Government Accountability Office is urging Medicaid overseers to do a better job of recouping overpayments, citing their allegedly lenient oversight of state auditing efforts.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released more information on mandatory state Medicaid and CHIP program coverage of vaccines recommended for adults.

As Medicaid negotiations successfully continue in various states, worries are already arising about how to sustain increases

As Medicaid disenrollments surge, concerns about nursing home residents persist… Social disadvantages and symptoms of depression tied to premature aging … Study results suggest new dietary advice for...