All Articles In 'Long Term Care'

Nursing Home Quality: Improving Efforts to Monitor Implementation of the Quality Indicator Survey

Nursing Home Quality: Improving Efforts to Monitor Implementation of the Quality Indicator Survey

Nursing homes that receive federal Medicaid or Medicare funding must meet federal quality standards. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and states, accountable for ensuring compliance, inspect nursing facilities periodically using a CMS-developed and state-administered survey or [...]

Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles Market for Health Plans: Briefing by Kip Piper for Wall Street Analysts at Citi Global Healthcare Conference

Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles Market for Health Plans: Briefing by Kip Piper for Wall Street Analysts at Citi Global Healthcare Conference

The $350 billion Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible market is an extraordinary new business opportunity for health insurers, as well as a way for state Medicaid programs to generate significant budget savings and improve access and quality of care [...]

Long Term Care: New LTC Reforms in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Long Term Care: New LTC Reforms in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The federal health reform legislation – Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) – includes an ambitious list of changes to long-term care (LTC) services for seniors and the disabled. Most include a massive infusion of [...]