tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 13

LONG-TERM CARE: LTC Industry Challenges MedPAC On Recommendations

Stingy inflation policy threatens quality care.Long-term care industry groups are taking aim at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's formal recommendation that Congress not give an annual inflation update to long-term care providers.Reasonable Medicare inflation adjustments - along with long-term care funding stability and an acknowledgment of the relationship between Medicare and Medicaid - are the "critical policy prescriptions" necessary for the industry to maintain recent quality improvements, says American Health Care Association president and CEO Hal Daub.Quality Control Head: Funds Must Be Maintained  "Quality and economic stability go hand in hand," notes Stephen Guillard...

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