Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Democratic staff have released a request for information (RFI) on proposals to improve access to affordable long-term care, strengthen nursing home quality, and support the long-term care workforce. The effort explores how Medicare, Medicaid, and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the Global Benchmark for Efficient Drug Pricing (GLOBE) Model, a mandatory drug payment model intended to reduce costs for Medicare and beneficiaries receiving certain separately payable drugs under Original Medicare Part B. CMS announced...
An editorial was published in the August issue of JAMDA by Eilon Caspi, PhD, about a new form of elder mistreatment referred to as social media abuse. The author defined this as the unauthorized online sharing – without written consent from the resident or from their legally authorized representative (whe...