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: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse BlogState Faces Cuts in Nursing Home Care
By Levin & Perconti
A new analysis of pending health care reforms by the American Health Care Association says states could face more than $1 billion in cuts over a 10-year period to Medicare-funded nursing home care. According to America?s Affordable Health Choices Act Medicare payments for skilled nursing facilities may significantly decrease. A study found that the proposed nursing home legislation, combined with cuts, could case nursing care to face funding cuts. The AHCA is a nonprofit federation of affiliated state health organizations, representing more than 10,000 nonprofit and for profit assisted living, nursing facility, developmentally disabled and sub-acute care providers that care for more than 1.5 million elderly and disabled individuals nationally. This will create a huge problem with Medicare funding. To read more about the nursing home legislation, please click the link.
Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).
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