Long-term Care
Few patient populations are more vulnerable to the shifting winds around health care today than Medicare beneficiaries who need specialized, high-acuity and long-stay care.
A group of hospital stakeholders, including the AHA, the Federation of American Hospitals, the National Association of Long Term Hospitals and the Coalition of Long-Term Acute-Care Hospitals, today announced the release of Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Reform Policy Principles. The principles…
Reforms are urgently needed to ensure that care continues
to be available for Medicare beneficiaries who need specialized,
high-acuity, and long-stay care.
Reforms are urgently needed to ensure that care continues
to be available for Medicare beneficiaries who need specialized,
high-acuity, and long-stay care.
Reforms are urgently needed to ensure that care continues to be available for Medicare beneficiaries who need specialized, high-acuity and long-stay care.
In a letter to the editor published March 3 by KFF Health News, Jim Prister, president and CEO of RML Specialty Hospital and chair of the AHA Post-Acute Steering Committee, urged Congress to address chronic underpayments and insurance barriers that are harming patient care and access to long-term…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 28 issued its final rule for the calendar year (CY) 2026 home health (HH) prospective payment system (PPS).
ScionHealth is one of the nation’s leading health systems, with 65 Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTCHs) in 20 states from Florida and New Jersey in the east to California and Washington in the west.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 2 repealed the minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid that the agency adopted in 2024.
The AHA applauds CMS’ repeal of the misguided minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.