DR. OZ CONFIRMED TO LEAD CMS
Skilled Nursing News, April 3, 2025
The Senate voted 53-45 today along party lines to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz as the next Secretary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
FORMER CMS CHIEF WARNS HHS CUTS WILL IMPACT NURSING HOME SURVEYS, MA OVERSIGHT
Skilled Nursing News, April 1, 2025
“If you’re going to ask the agency to do more, like take on responsibilities from some of the public health sister agencies that might be going away, you have to make sure that you’re sufficiently providing the resources, or else it will pull from Medicare and Medicaid.”
STATES SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING BILLIONS IN HEALTH FUNDING
Associated Press, April 1, 2025
California could lose almost $1 billion, according to a statement from state Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office. That money supports a number of public health initiatives, including substance use disorder prevention programs, vaccination efforts and bird flu prevention.
NURSING HOMES WILL FEEL LOSS OF $11B FOR STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
McKnight's LTC News, March 31, 2025
That ostensibly means state health officials may have to pick up much of the slack in providing protections and services the public has become accustomed to, and may need in the face of increasing infectious disease outbreaks.
TARIFFS EXPECTED TO INCREASE HEALTHCARE COSTS BY 15 PERCENT WITHIN MONTHS
McKnight's Senior Living, March 31, 2025
“Healthcare providers, payers and patients will all experience the financial ramifications of these tariffs...”
MASSIVE HHS LAYOFFS, CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS INCLUDE CLOSURE OF CMS REGIONAL OFFICES
McKnight's LTC News, March 28, 2025
"... How will their ability to serve older adults, and ensure quality care, be impacted? And will today’s announcements limit older adults’ and families’ ability to access care and services?”
HEALTHCARE SECTOR OVERTAKES RETAIL AS LARGEST US EMPLOYER
McKnight's Senior Living, March 27, 2025
Jobs and wages in healthcare rose almost twice as fast as those in other industries between 1980 and 2022.
UPDATED GUIDANCE GIVES MEDICAL DIRECTORS NEEDED OPENING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE
McKnight's LTC News, March 27, 2025
The guidance, which goes into effect April 28, highlights CMS intentions to have surveyors evaluate the evolving role of the medical director.
\NURSING HOMES FEAR STATES WILL BE UNABLE TO FILL MEDICAID "HOLE" WITHOUT PROVIDER TAXES
McKnight's LTC News, March 24, 2025
Provider taxes allow states to assess healthcare providers a fee as a means to raise their Medicaid spending. In doing so, they also trigger a higher federal match.
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