Republicans passed the reconciliation bill which included a 10-year delay on the federal staffing mandate, no change in nursing home provider taxes, and sweeping spending cuts that will indirectly affect skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). This bill cuts $1 trillion in health care and food assistance spending but will increase the national deficit by $3.4 trillion
Trump intends to cut Medicaid by more than $800 billion over the next decade. McKnight’s reported on a recent study conducted by Vincent Mor, PhD, a noted long-term care researcher in Brown’s Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice. He notes that 579 nursing homes are named in a new report as being at “elevated risk”
The Republican Senate passed a big spending bill that will increase deficits for decades. Two things are admitted by Republicans who voted for the bill. First, it would cut taxes in a way that would only benefit the wealthiest Americans. Second, to recoup some of that lost revenue, it would cut health care programs, particularly
This is Part4 of The Guardian’s investigation into UnitedHealth Group. UnitedHealth promotes its nursing home programs as beneficial and offers residents access to UnitedHealth NPs both in person and remotely, which they claim will reduce “unnecessary” hospitalizations. This profits UnitedHealth, as these costly hospitalizations expose patients to further treatment, leading to increased costs for the
This is Part 2 of The Guardian’s investigation into UnitedHealth Group. To reduce residents’ hospital visits, UnitedHealth has offered nursing homes a variety of “financial sweeteners.” Over the last seven years, the company has produced “Premium Dividend” and “Shared Savings” payments that boost nursing homes’ bottom lines. UnitedHealth offered a larger cut to nursing homes’
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