Have you contacted your Legislators yet? Time is running out for members of Wisconsin's long-term care provider community to advocate on a series of issues under consideration by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.
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Republicans on the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee announced this morning that Gov. Scott Walker's proposed reforms to the state's Family Care program are being removed to allow for greater input from stakeholders.
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With hotels filling up fast be sure to register for the 2015 Congressional Briefing as soon as possible.
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Skilled nursing facilities across the country celebrated National Nursing Home Week, which began on Mother's Day and runs through tomorrow.
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WHCA/WiCAL held a webinar on Thursday on the HCBS Self-Assessment tool that was released recently for all Wisconsin residential providers that participate in the Family Care, Partnership, IRIS, CIP and COP waiver programs.
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On May 7, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) announced the expansion of the Quality Initiative to further improve quality care in skilled nursing care centers. For the next three years, the Initiative will challenge member organizations to apply the nationally recognized Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework to achieve more ambitious targets in eight areas with a special focus on three priorities -- organizational success; short-stay/post-acute care; and long-term/dementia care.
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On May 7, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report on the IRS readiness to ensure compliance with minimum essential coverage and shared responsibility payment requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the MLN Matters® Number: SE1426 article titled Scenarios and Coding Instructions for Submitting Requests to Reopen Claims that are Beyond the Claim Filing Time frames – Companion Information to MM8581: “Automation of the Request for Reopening Claims Process.”
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Representative Tom Weatherston (R-Racine), Chair of the Assembly Aging and Long Term Care Committee, approached WHCA/WiCAL recently regarding whether there are any recommendations for modification/elimination of specific chapters or portions of chapters related to long-term care, the Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee is willing to review those requests.
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Senate Democrats this week pushed back on a trade agreement which includes a Medicare sequester extension as an offset.
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