KENNEDY DEFENDS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE, CUTS TO RESEARCH FOR DISEASES IMPACTING OLDER ADULTS IN NURSING HOMES
Skilled Nursing News, May 14, 2025
Under President Trump’s proposed $1.7 trillion budget for fiscal year 2026, HHS faces a 26% reduction in its budget.
MAJOR NURSING HOME ORGANIZATIONS MAKE PLEAS FOR REGULATORY RELIEF
McKnight's LTC News, May 14, 2025
“The regulatory changes we recommend help put patients over paperwork, modernize care delivery, advance workforce development efforts, encourage innovation, streamline reporting requirements, and ensure government accountability and transparency..."
CMS MOVING "FULL STEAM" ON VALUE-BASED CARE, BUT NURSING HOMES COULD BE IMPACTED
Skilled Nursing News, May 13, 2025
The new CMS under Dr. Oz wants to enhance Medicare Advantage models to offer high-value coverage and better plan selection. Some of the changes could include site-neutral payments and care setting flexibility.
"REDUCE, LIMIT, SLASH": LTC PROVIDERS FEAR MEDICAID CUTS, IMPLICATIONS IN HOUSE BUDGET PROPOSAL
McKnight's LTC News, May 13, 2025
“The number of people estimated to lose coverage under these proposals is at least 8.7 million, and it will likely be more..."
HOUSE COMMITTEE PROPOSES 10-YEAR DELAY TO NURSING HOME STAFFING MANDATE
McKnight's Senior Living, May 7, 2025
The bill charges the Department of Health and Human Services with delaying until Jan. 1, 2035 “implementation, administration, or enforcement” of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long_term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting” final rule.
"DANGEROUS DISMANTLING" OF HHS BEHIND LAWSUIT FILED BY 20 ATTORNEYS GENERAL
McKnight's Senior Living, May 7, 2025
In the suit, the coalition stated that actions taken by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration... “erased decades of public health progress” and left the agency unable to complete its most vital functions.
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