Home Health Agency Declares Bankruptcy, Blames Medicare
NOVEMBER 10, 2003 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 19 Home health care benefits available through the Medicare program have been curtailed in recent years. The effect of the government’s crackdown on home health care costs has been felt not only by patients, but also by health care providers themselves. Take, for example, the case of Idaho’s Community […]
Medicare HMOs Continue To Cut Programs Across Country
NOVEMBER 20, 2000 VOLUME 8, NUMBER 21 Three short years ago Congress was pushing for increased use of “managed care” plans as one way to stave off a looming financial crisis for the federal Medicare program. Today the promise of managed care continues to be unmet—largely because of Congress’ own actions. The federal government picks […]
More On DHHS/HCFA Report Of Nursing Home Staff Shortages
AUGUST 7, 2000 VOLUME 8, NUMBER 6 Last week Elder Law Issues reported on a government study of nursing home staffing and safety. This week we continue that report. The full DHHS/HCFA report is now online.] As described last week, the Department of Health and Human Services report recommends minimum staffing levels for nursing aides, […]
Bipartisan Commission Fails To Propose Medicare Reforms
MAY 17, 1999 VOLUME 6, NUMBER 46 The National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare sounded like a good idea. Seventeen Commission members met for the first time in March of last year, and were scheduled to make a truly bipartisan recommendation on how to “save” the Medicare program by March of this year. […]