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Sequestration Impacts Medicare But Not Medicaid
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Dec 12th, 2011
Once the Super Committee admitted that it could not come to consensus, sequestration became mandatory under the Budget Control Act. Sequestration is not scheduled to begin until 2013 and many of the details of how the process will be implemented are still being determined. Before sequestration...
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Sustainable Growth Rate and Medicare Extenders Set to Expire
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Dec 12th, 2011
On Friday, December 9, House Republicans released their bill to cover the costs of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR, also known as doc fix) for two years with a one percent update and Medicare pay extenders for labs, therapy services and rural hospitals for one year. Home health and hospice cuts do...
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CEO Column: The Deficit Super Committee, Whack a Mole, and Stopping Bad Ideas
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Dec 5th, 2011
While it worked to make a deal to cut the ten year deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over a decade, the “Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction,” as the infamous “Super” Committee is officially known, was almost certain to recommend a copayment for home healthcare. MedPAC wanted it, the...
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New CMS Administrator To Be Nominated
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Dec 5th, 2011
President Obama has announced his intention to nominate Marilyn B. Tavenner to fill the CMS Administrator’s position. Ms. Tavenner currently is Principal Deputy Administrator at CMS and she earlier served as Acting CMS Administrator. Ms. Tavenner previously served as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s...
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Efforts to Repeal CLASS Underway
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Dec 5th, 2011
The Energy and Commerce Committee has begun the process of attempting to repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (CLASS), a long-term disability insurance program established under the health care law. A repeal bill is expected to pass the Republican House over Democratic...
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VNAA Policy Update: Super Committee Fails to Reach Agreement
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Nov 28th, 2011
On Monday, November 21, the Co-Chairs of the Super Committee, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) issued a formal statement confirming that no agreement could be reached. Indications are that Democrats and Republicans never came close to resolving the central dividing issue:...
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