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CBC Members Express Urgent Need to Pass Extension of Emergency Medicaid Relief
Jul 21, 2010
With states facing an unprecedented challenge meeting their obligation to adequately support Medicaid-financed care for America’s frail, elderly and disabled – and now compounded by Congress’s failure to pass a critical extension of Medicaid (FMAP) relief to states – a new non-partisan health policy study suggests that deteriorating Medicaid rate levels across the nation disproportionately impact the ability of African-Americans to sustain ongoing access to quality nursing home care.
Alliance Concurs With Berwick Policy Priorities of Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Readmissions, Continuing to Improve Nursing Home Care Quality
Jul 07, 2010
Washington, DC – Commenting on the fact Dr. Donald Berwick will be serving as Administrator of the Ce nters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today said it concurs with several of the health care policy objectives outlined by Berwick, and specifically cited reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and continuing to improve nursing home care quality as two key areas in which the Alliance intends to work closely with CMS to help make progress for the benefit of U.S. seniors.
With FMAP Delay, Recession, Pressure on State Medicaid Programs, African-American and Hispanic Seniors More Likely to Face Problem Accessing Quality Nursing Home Care
Jun 16, 2010
New Alliance Analysis Finds Over 40% of Minority Residents Live in High Medicaid Census Facilities; Long Term Care Resource Crisis Most Prevalent in Facilities Throughout Southern, Eastern States
Long-term Care Leaders Criticize Washington Post Article on Reimbursements
Mar 31, 2010
A recent Washington Post analysis of the use of “ultra-high” reimbursement categories for nursing homes “paints a negative, incomplete picture of the growing role and tangible benefits associated with skilled nursing facility (SNF) patient care,” two leading long-term care advocates said.
March Care Context Report
Mar 08, 2010
Washington, DC - A new installment of the Alliance for Quality Nurs ing Home Care’s “Care Context” series of health policy analyses finds the three primary drivers of rehospitalization following a stay at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) are regional differences in care...
Leaders Praise Senator Snowe
Oct 16, 2009
Washington, DC – Commenting on Maine Senator Olympia Snowe’s remarks yesterday recognizing the unique funding challenges faced by the nation’s nursing homes in caring for the nation’s oldest, most vulnerable citizens, the President and CEO...
AQNHC Annual Quality Report
Sep 28, 2009
Washington, DC – Today the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (Alliance) publicly released the nursing, post-acute, short term and rehabilitative sector’s first comprehensive report examining quality trends...
Baucus HCR Plan
Sep 17, 2009
Washington, DC – The American Health Care Association (AHCA) and Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care (Alliance) characterized the health care finance reform plan released by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus as a step in the right direction, and said the...
AQNHC Addresses Medicare Cuts
Jul 31, 2009
Washington, DC – The following statement was released today by Alan Rosenbloom, President of the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care...
Bipartisan Letter to Sebelius
May 29, 2009
Washington, DC – The leaders of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today praised a new bipartisan effort from U.S. Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), and Shelley Moore...
Organizations Praise Bipartisan Letter
Feb 25, 2009
Washington, DC – The nation’s two leading long-term care advocacy organizations, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, today praised and thanked U.S. Representatives Earl...
Restructuring Medicaid and Medicare for Seniors
Feb 23, 2009
Washington, DC – As the Obama Administration initiated its fiscal responsibility summit today, the nation’s leading long term care organizations commended the White House for putting difficult budget issues in the public spotlight, and said tinkering...
Stimulus Package Good for Seniors
Feb 12, 2009
Washington, DC – The American Health Care Association, the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care today strongly supported the tentative agreement reached by congressional negotiators regarding...