Thursday, May 12, 2005

Group of Senators Asks Bush Administration to Avert Cuts in Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Payments. A bipartisan group of senators has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and other officials calling on the Bush administration to remove cuts to nursing home payments included in the proposed FY 2006 budget,... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 6:25:50 AM    comment [] Study suggests potential impact of Medicaid cuts on uninsured, economy. Roughly 5 mln more people would have been uninsured by 2003 if Medicaid's nat'l enrollment had been capped levels, according to early results from a new study by the Economic & Social Research Institute. [Medicare/ Medicaid News from myHealthcareNews.com] 6:24:39 AM    comment [] Senate passes bill on home health care Nashville City Paper - Nashville,TN,USA ... Bredesen to change the current home- and community-based services waiver to allow elderly patients to receive care at home instead of going to a nursing home. 5:44:06 AM    comment []

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