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Medicare Will Pay for Long Term Care
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Jun 1st, 2010
Did you know that The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act under the new healthcare reform law has a provision called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) act? The CLASS act will allow Medicare to pay for long term care (LTC) services in the home, a service that has...
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President's Healthcare Reform Proposal and White House Summit
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Mar 1st, 2010
President Obama’s healthcare reform proposal was the focus of last Thursday’s historic bipartisan White House summit in which a select number of Republican and Democratic leaders met to discuss their disagreements and find areas of consensus on healthcare reform. However, Republicans made it clear...
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Highlights from President Obama's FY 2010 Budget
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May 11th, 2009
Last Thursday, the Obama administration formally released its FY2010 budget proposal that would reduce Medicare and Medicaid spending by $309 billion over 10 years to help pay for a $634 billion healthcare reserve fund.
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human...
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Becoming a "Clinical Center of Excellence"
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Mar 16th, 2009
A few weeks ago, there was interest on the VNAA's listserv's in determining if there was an authoritative, official definition of a "Clinical Center of Excellence" and if so, who the official body was that regulated the use of that title. If there is a consensus about what the term means, then it...
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CMS IDENTIFIES MA-SNP Qualifying Chronic Conditions
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Nov 24th, 2008
Beginning in 2010, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans (SNPs) that serve Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions must meet new guidelines issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Special needs plans are a type of Medicare Advantage plan that serve only...
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CMS Issues Rules to Tighten Up on Medicare Advantage Plans
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Sep 22nd, 2008
Under direction from Congress, CMS issued rules tightening several aspects of Medicare Advantage plan operations. It’s both alarming that some of the marketing practices that are now limited had been allowed to go on and instructive that CMS only did this under Congressional mandate. In addition...
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