Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care

HAPPENING TODAY (Politico Pulse)

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care will offer three recommendations today to the Senate Finance Committee as it considers ways to reform the Medicare physician payment formula: Include a section specifically about therapy services in institutional settings, repeal a therapy cap and payment reduction for multiple procedures and begin developing models to reward providers for high-quality therapy.

Quality improvements seen for SNFs (Healthcare Finance News)

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

A new report examining the state of the skilled nursing industry finds that there have been steady quality improvements since 2003 but more can be done.

AQNHC Outlines Three Key SGR Reform Recommendations to Senate Finance Committee

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Washington, DC – In noting the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula fails skilled nursing facility (SNF) caregivers providing therapy services just as it fails physicians, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (AQNHC) today urged Congress to enact meaningful reforms to address problems associated with the current therapy payment program as it simultaneously pursues reform of the unworkable physician payment system.

Post-acute providers continue to improve on most quality measures, report finds (Leading Age: Kansas)

Thu, 9 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Leading Age Kansas, The State of Kansas has issued the following news release: Post-acute providers have improved across a broad range of quality measures, according to a comprehensive report released by the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care.

Skilled Nursing Providers Answer Call to Improve Care Quality (Senior Housing News)

Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Skilled nursing facilities (SNF), like hospitals, have recently been subject to federal scrutiny for avoidable hospital readmissions, and new reports and data show that quality improvements are taking hold.

Post-acute providers continue to improve on most quality measures, report finds (McKnight's Long Term Care News)

Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Post-acute providers have improved across a broad range of quality measures, according to a comprehensive report released by the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care.

SKILLED NURSING QUALITY DATA SUGGESTS ACROSS-THE-BOARD GAINS (Politico Pulse)

Mon, 6 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care is out with new numbers suggesting skilled nursing facilities have upped their game in critical categories of care.

Nursing Homes Fear Pay Cuts Could Reverse Quality Improvement Trend (Inside Health Policy )

Mon, 6 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Nursing home performance for long- and short-stay patients has steadily improved over the past decade, a study funded by for-profit nursing homes shows, but Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care President Alan Rosenbloom warns that Medicare pay cuts will reverse that trend if Congress and CMS keep reducing pay to nursing homes.

Analysis of U.S. Nursing Home Care Quality Details Continuing Progress for Patients

Mon, 6 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Washington, DC – A new wide-ranging report detailing long-term, post-acute and rehabilitative care quality trends in U.

Bad Medicare rule hurts seniors (Courier Times News)

Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Under the Medicare program, Medicare covers only post-acute rehab care in a nursing home if a patient has three consecutive days of hospitalization as an inpatient.

Wall Street Journal Spotlights Growing U.S. SNF Sector Instability Due to Medicare, Medicaid Cuts

Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

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New Sherrod Brown Bill Fixes Loophole Forcing Seniors to Pay Nursing Home Costs After Hospital Stay (Akron Beacon Journal)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Fixing a loophole that limits seniors’ access to Medicare-funded nursing home care following a hospital stay should be high on Congress’ agenda.

AQNHC Applauds Strong Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Support for Tavenner

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Washington, DC – The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today applauded the strong, bipartisan support exhibited by the Senate Finance Committee in its vote on Acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner’s nomination to officially lead the agency.

Long-term care groups protest Obama budget's $81 billion in Medicare cuts (Mcknight's Long Term Care News)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

The White House's proposed budget includes $81 billion in Medicare payment reductions to long-term care providers.

Labs, Pharma, MA Get New Hits In WH Budget That Otherwise Hews To Prior Proposals (Inside Health Policy )

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Clinical labs, pharmaceuticals and Medicare Advantage stakeholders would be hit with billions in new cuts under the White House budget released Wednesday, which also includes reductions to post-acute care entities and hospitals and structural changes to Medicare that have been proposed in prior budgets.