CMS proposes 2.4% hospital pay increase, mandatory model rollout
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.4% payment rate bump for inpatient services for fiscal year...
Hospitals want Congress to refine long-term care hospital pay
Hospital associations have laid out their policy wish list for Congress regarding long-term care hospitals (LTCH), calling for refinements to...
A Look at Nursing Facility Characteristics in 2025
The 2025 reconciliation law could have major implications for nearly 15,000 federally certified nursing facilities and the more than 1.2 million...
5 Key Facts about Medicaid’s Share of National Health Spending
Medicaid, as the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health care and long-term services and supports to about 80 million low-income people...
House budget plan advances, paving way for major Medicaid cuts
A House budget framework that calls for hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid has passed on the...
AI startup that predicts long-term care needs snags $7M
Waterlily, a startup that aims to predict long-term care needs using artificial intelligence, secured $7 million in seed funding. The...
