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VNAA Addresses Members’ Concerns at the Office of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
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Aug 17th, 2009
On August 10, VNAA met with analytical staff at the office of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to discuss issues affecting the Medicare home health and hospice benefit. MedPAC is an independent Congressional agency that advises Congress on ways to improve the Medicare Program and...
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The Status and Timeframe for Healthcare Reform
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Apr 27th, 2009
Determining the course and direction of healthcare reform is very difficult given the number of Congressional committees that have jurisdiction over a healthcare reform bill, the number of stakeholders involved and the usual politics that come into play. Building consensus around one proposal from...
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VNAA Policy Council Meets with Executive Director of MedPAC
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Feb 2nd, 2009
The newly formed VNAA Policy Council convened for the first time on Wednesday, January 28, in Washington, DC, to deliberate on the current political environment and to vote on VNAA’s 2009 Legislative and Regulatory Priorities. The VNAA membership can now review the 2009 VNAA Legislative and...
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Message from the VNAA President and CEO
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Feb 2nd, 2009
Last week, at its first meeting of 2009, the VNAA Board of Directors set the stage for VNAs to position themselves squarely in the limelight during the upcoming healthcare reform debate. With a new Administration and Congress planning to overhaul key components of the healthcare delivery and...
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MedPAC Recommends Deep Home Health Payment Cuts, Reform
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Jan 12th, 2009
In a series of unanimous votes on three specific recommendations, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that Congress and CMS cut home health payments in 2010 and rebase the payment system to actual costs in 2011. The first recommendation includes a freeze of the home health...
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MedPAC Recommends Reform of the Medicare Hospice Benefit
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Jan 12th, 2009
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended through a series of unanimous votes that Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reform the hospice payment system to accurately reflect costs. These recommendations follow earlier MedPAC findings that...
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