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States Contributing to Medicaid and Medicare Savings

Many elderly and disabled low-income Americans qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid coverage. They are referred to as dual eligible. Medicare, which was created to provide medical coverage for seniors and people with disabilities has 37 million enrollees. Medicaid, which was created to provide medical coverage for the poor has 51 million. There are currentlyRead the Rest…


Affordable Care Act Puts Post-Acute Care Facilities under Increasing Scrutiny

Improved healthcare for patients and substantial Medicare savings are the motivations behind the Affordable Care Act’s call for increasing scrutiny of post-acute care facilities; long-term care facility owners and operators need to take notice. Revised nursing home rating systems President Obama signed the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act (IMPACT) Oct. 6 changing the wayRead the Rest…