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Medicare Disease Management Demonstration on Brink of Failure
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Feb 4th, 2008
For those VNAs who had expressed interest in participating in the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Program three years ago and were either rebuffed by the disease management organizations who dominated the program or who avoided the program because of its obvious flaws, the expected outcome has...
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Congressional Budget Office Predicts Need for Future Medicare and Medicaid Cuts
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Dec 17th, 2007
It seems that the challenge to receive viable Medicare and Medicaid payment rates is destined to become a long-term project for us all.
The latest report and testimony released by the Congressional Budget Office on the long term budget outlook for the United States Budget paints a very grim...
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The Fate of Home Health’s 3% Market Basket Update Could Be Decided This Week; One Last Push by VNAs...
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Dec 10th, 2007
VNAs who have Senators on the Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee or Energy and Commerce Committee should be sure to e-mail or call the health legislative assistants of those legislators this week to express strong
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Reserve Your Hotel Room for VNAA’s Legislative/Regulatory Meeting & Lobby Day by Friday to Receive...
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Aug 27th, 2007
Reserve your room at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, D.C, by Friday, August 31, to receive a discounted rate for VNAA's Legislative/Regulatory Meeting and Lobby Day, September 26-27. Beginning September 21, lodging at the Hotel will be available on a space-and rate-available basis.
Please...
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Join Us in Washington, DC, on September 26-27 for VNAA's Legislative/Regulatory Meeting and Lobby...
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Aug 13th, 2007
Your presence and support in Washington this September is crucial as VNAA convinces Congress to eliminate the 2008 Home Health Market Basket Freeze from pending Medicare legislation (H.R. 3162). In addition, by attending Lobby Day you can intervene on our behalf to prevent implementation of the...
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US General Accountability Office Begins Investigative Report on Home Health in High Growth Areas
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Jul 23rd, 2007
VNAA staff was interviewed by investigators from the headquarters of the US General Accountability Office (GAO) as they prepare to undertake a study of the potentially abusive conduct in the Medicare home health payment system in states characterized by rapid proliferation of home health agencies. ...
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