The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee approved a budget motion on Wednesday afternoon that makes several noteworthy changes to Gov. Scott Walker's proposed 2015-17 biennial budget, including realizing one of WHCA/WiCAL's primary priorities of increasing provider reimbursement for Wisconsin's skilled nursing facilities.
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WHCA/WiCAL is looking for additional members to sign up to go to Washington, D.C. to represent Wisconsin's LTC provider community during the 2015 AHCA/NCAL Congressional Briefing.
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WHCA/WiCAL is announcing a program for our members and guests on the latest developments in labor and employment law. This program will address issues that impact each and every one of our facilities.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should facilitate the development of a “cross agency federal strategy to ensure efficient and effective use of federal resources for home-and community-based services” (HCBS), a recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) states.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule addressing managed care regulations; this is the first update to the regulations governing Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) since 2002.
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The package of controversial trade bills, which contains a Medicare sequester expansion, has stalled in the House after the Memorial Day weekend.
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Diagnostic coding plays an important role in every health care setting, including long term care centers. Today, in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), providers capture and update a resident’s clinical condition on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9); but that will soon change. On October 1, 2015, SNFs will be required to use International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
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AHCA is inviting all members to participate in a complimentary webinar regarding AHCA First Impressions on CMS Medicaid Managed Care Proposed Rule on Today (May 29) at 2 p.m. CST.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its updated List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) database file, which reflects all OIG exclusions and reinstatement actions up to, and including, those taken in April 2015.
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Late last week the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report, mandated by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA), regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) process for developing relative value recommendations for procedures used to bill Medicare Part B.
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The Wisconsin State Board of Nursing recently published its May 2015 Newsletter containing guidance and information on social media use by nurses.
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