Most of you probably know about Provider magazine, affiliated with the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living. Provider is a monthly publication for long term care professionals.
- Medicare cuts lead to nursing home layoffs. “According to a new survey from Avalere Health, nursing homes plan to lay off about 20,000 workers because of the Medicare cuts. Nursing homes also said they plan to cancel a total of 400 expansion projects that could have created 20,000 new jobs nationwide.” – the Hill
- Will reducing price differences among hospitals lead to lower costs? “One way to reduce a difference like the $7,700 for back surgery, according to experts, would be to move toward a bundled payment model for health care. Rather than pay providers per procedure, which is known as fee-for-service, providers would be paid per health care episode — for example, the treatment of a heart attack. Several health care systems across the country are currently testing bundled payments, as is the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.” – Kaiser Health News
- Displease a patient, face a penalty. “Medicare’s new rule, mandated in the Affordable Care Act, pits hospitals against one another in a competition to best satisfy patients; those with the best scores will receive more money.” – Kaiser Health News
- Long term care dilemma. “Without a national solution, consumers are left on their own to plan for the possibility that someday they might need outside help to remain in their homes or to spend time in a nursing home. It’s planning that many of us avoid.” – Baltimore Sun
