Last week, the Arizona Senate voted to approve federal funding for Arizona's Medicaid program. Senators voted 26-3 to allocate $3.36 billion to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona's Medicaid program. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee failed to pass a bill that would continue the program through...
The lingering laboring shortage is impacting quality of care and patient intake at hospitals and long-term care facilities nationwide. Amid concerns not only over the availability of workers, but the quality and cost of those workers, Arizona is now one of 15 states fighting back against the impending vaccine mandates which, the state...
Nursing home operators were handed a major setback in their proceedings against hundreds of negligence and wrongful death lawsuits related to COVID-19 last Wednesday when the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia affirmed a lower court ruling. The appellate court ruled that cases against two New Jersey facilities should...Arizona News
All eyes will most likely be on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as the agency sparks conversation of possibly using Medicaid to pay for housing. Healthcare is continuing its move toward value-based care and judging by a speech delivered by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar last week, the government...