MedPAC’s latest proposal makes one thing painfully clear: the people deciding how much nursing homes should be paid are looking almost entirely at financial spreadsheets—not the reality of resident care. The commission is floating a 4% cut to Medicare’s base payment rate for skilled nursing facilities, arguing that margins are high, occupancy is stable, and
Medicare Advantage is an alternative to the original Medicare plan that often includes more benefits than the original and bundles coverage for hospital and medical services. However, Medicare Advantage also greatly complicates the process of transitioning between hospitals and nursing homes, which ultimately endangers the patients and provides health care providers with bigger headaches. Skilled
Senior Housing News reported on the recent closings of needed nursing homes. As many Americans already struggle to afford long-term care services, they should brace for more impact: the One Big Beautiful Bill will cut nearly $1 trillion from Americans’ Medicaid funds over the next ten years. Because the federal government funds Medicaid along with individual
The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill is sure to have an effect on Americans everywhere, one place being the senior care industry. The bill contains provisions to make senior care more dangerous and expensive, yet simultaneously more needed. Anyone who has a loved one in a nursing home should be aware of the OBBB’s
USA Today had an interesting article about a recent study finding that most Americans are uninformed about the reality of Medicare and long-term care, causing them to be unprepared to deal with the tremendous costs of their future needs. Long-term care refers to various services that exist to assist people in their everyday activities, such
A recent study highlighted in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News reveals that Medicare spends approximately $4.4 billion each year on 47 different low-value medical services—procedures that provide little to no clinical benefit to patients. Imaging services, including unnecessary CT scans and X-rays, account for about 95% of this spending. These findings align with broader research from
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