Medicare insurers have widely varying rejection rates for patients seeking nursing-home stays. This is also true for long-term care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities, according to two new reports from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the most likely to initially refuse access to the costly facilities are Medicare insurers with
Since the implementation of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” an estimated 100,000 lawfully present immigrants have been denied access to affordable health care without clear explanations as to why. Despite having worked and paid Medicare taxes for years, various groups have completely lost the health coverage they once relied on. The Center for Medicare
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