Post-Acute Care news and information

(Story updated) President Barack Obama's highly anticipated fiscal 2014 budget released Wednesday proposes $5.6 billion in Medicare payment cuts for that year and about $400 billion in total federal healthcare savings over the next decade.
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Most hospitals in Southeast Michigan have been working on projects to reduce readmission rates as Medicare and some private payers no longer reimburse for certain patients who are re-hospitalized within 30 days.
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Too many dying elderly patients are going into skilled-nursing facilities after leaving the hospital, experts say, and Medicare's reimbursement approach is largely the reason.
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Healthcare providers know that one of the principal challenges facing our society is caring for the vast number of aging Americans requiring healthcare. More than 10,000 people a day reach Medicare age, some of whom will develop multiple chronic conditions and account for a large share of Medicare...
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Striking nursing home workers in Connecticut said Wednesday they were hopeful about returning to work next week under a judge's order after five months on the picket lines.
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The University of Virginia Medical Center and its home health services agency, Continuum Home Infusion, have reported a possible data breach involving a mobile device.
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Representatives for skilled-nursing facilities are displeased with a suggestion that CMS contractors take a closer look at therapy reimbursement following an HHS inspector general's office report that concluded there were $1.5 billion in inappropriate Medicare payments to the facilities in...
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Michigan voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have guaranteed a minimum wage and unionization to tens of thousands of home healthcare workers.
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Home health agencies can expect Medicare payments to drop by 0.01% next year, decreasing total payments in this segment by about $10 million from 2012 payments, the CMS announced.
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An interactive physical therapy software that cuts rehab costs is getting a $4.25 million injection from the West Health Investment Fund.
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