The Guardian

MARCH 11, 2024

The government-appointed taskforce has failed to mount a convincing argument why a modest financial contribution across a lifetime shouldn’t extend to aged care The aged care royal commissioners were notably split on a number of key issues, but on one principle they were united.

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Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

Medicare payment systems link patient satisfaction scores with reimbursement rates, making quality patient care a primary determinant of an organization’s viability and motivating healthcare administrators to implement patient satisfaction strategies. But gaining patient trust isn’t the only benefit of high patient satisfaction scores.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

On the contrary, he spent decades working with Physicians for a National Health Program , a group calling for “a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program” – in other words, a version of what Bernie Sanders wants: Medicare for all. Here’s the difference.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2025

Regulatory compliance and CMS guidelines While Medicare only covers Spravato and R-ketamine for anesthetics in SNF or hospitals, CMS guidelines for ketamine storage, handling, and disposal are a good blueprint to follow for creating an effective ketamine compliance program. Documenting all readings to assess patient tolerance.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) PROVISIONS: » Increase Medicare Reimbursement Rates for clinical social workers (CSWs) from 75 percent to 85 percent of the Physician Fee Schedule.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

She has nearly three decades of experience at the center and in government. Before joining the committee, Sanders was the Federal Policy Director for the Medicare Rights Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing access to affordable health care. Parrott is president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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Swhelper

APRIL 26, 2018

One out of every five low-income Americans depends on Medicaid, the national insurance program for the poor jointly run by federal and state governments. Medicaid provides insurance coverage for a broad array of health services from pregnancy care and childhood immunizations to emergency hospitalizations.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, Indian Health Service or the Veterans Affairs health system). Here is a link to resources including templates by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that can be used to prepare good faith estimates and model language for informing patients of their rights to GFE.

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

According to a 2021 report from the United States Government Accountability Office, Medicare spending on stays for severe wound care declined about 2% from $2.06 billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01 billion in fiscal year 2018.

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Relias

JULY 14, 2023

More recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Maternity Care Action Plan , which also focuses on improving maternal health outcomes and advancing health equity. However, the continued push for improvement from medical entities, government agencies, and private organizations can only help.

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Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

New requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in November 2021 and a new time-limited enforcement effort by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in March call for focused inspections and put a higher level of scrutiny on nursing home compliance and the quality of care provided.

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Beyond Advocacy

JANUARY 10, 2023

In that rules package are stipulations that a decision on the debt ceiling will depend on cuts to entitlement programs—meaning Medicare and Social Security. A standoff and failure to lift the debt ceiling would bring the government to a grinding halt. Their mission is to neuter the federal government.

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