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A 3.4% physician fee cut that affects key nursing home services is set to go into effect Jan. 1, and Congress did nothing to provide relief before adjourning for its winter recess. 

I’ll say this for Congress: Its members sure know a thing or two about aesthetics.

House, Senate leaders tell CMS to dump its nursing home staffing rule, citing price tag, potential closures … HHS proposes disincentives for healthcare providers who block information sharing … Audit...

Close to 300 members of Congress are urging federal regulators to do more to reduce burdensome Medicare Advantage requirements that can slow delivery of care to nursing home and other patients.

A bill that would allow more nursing homes to train their own nurse aides has been introduced in the Senate, a move sought by providers after House introduction earlier this month.

Support for the concept of critical access nursing homes is growing among providers, but it has yet to gain much traction among industry leaders or the politicians who would need to create such a safety...

Reintroducing a bill in Congress is often the political equivalent of introducing your shy cousin “who has a good personality” to yet another of the most popular girls or guys in your circle. 

An “atypical review process and corporate greed” factored into the FDA’s approval of Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm in 2021, congressional investigators say. They recommend sticking to protocol...

A Congressional spending package for fiscal year 2023 supports key healthcare policy requests important to long-term care industry stakeholders, saving some clinicians and services from feared cuts.

Potential pay cut relief that addresses some physician and therapist concerns is tucked into a 4,000-page proposed 2023 spending bill announced Monday by members of Congress.