“CMS Officials Confirm End of PHE Nursing Home Waivers, Barring Congressional Action,” by Amy Stulick, Skilled Nursing News  “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday outlined the biggest waivers tied to the public health emergency – including those linked to the three-day inpatient stay requirement and temporary nurse aides – would indeed be ending on May 11. Any sort of permanent implementation of these waivers, would need to be carried out through Congress, officials said during a nursing home stakeholder call, one of many prior to the end of the PHE in three months.” LTC Comment, Stephen
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“7.7% Increase in Long-Term Care Benefits Payouts,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor  “U.S. insurers paid $13.25 billion in claims for holders of standalone long-term care insurance policies in 2022, up 7.7% from the total for 2021, according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Association. The number of claimants increased 2.7%, to 345,000, and the average amount of benefits per claimant increased 4.9%, to about $38,400. That compares with a 2.6% increase in the average amount of benefits per claimant in 2021.” LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: Good news for policyholders and LTC providers who receive
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“Brian Blase and Frederick Isasi on Medicare and Medicaid,” C-Span Washington Journal “Brian Blase and Frederick Isasi talked about Medicare and Medicaid spending as part of the overall federal budget.” LTC Comment, Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform: Watch this 57-minute video for an excellent overview of the financial challenges facing Medicare and Medicaid. Brian Blase heads the Paragon Health Institute, the organization that published my paper titled “Long-Term Care: The Problem.” Frederick Isasi leads Families USA an advocacy organization for ObamaCare and socialized medicine in general. Here’s how I characterized the two presentations: “Blaze’s clarity, brevity and objectivity trumped
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