Action Center

Action Center

Protect the GUIDE Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing very short notice that would eliminate access to the GUIDE dementia care program for Medicare beneficiaries who reside in memory care units of residential care communities.As a member of the GUIDE Care...

Protect the GUIDE Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced, with very little notice, a policy change that would eliminate access to the GUIDE dementia care program for Medicare beneficiaries residing in memory care units of residential care communities.This change...

Support the Portable Ultrasound Reimbursement Equity (PURE) Act

Medicare reimburses for x-ray services to be provided bedside to nursing home residents and homebound seniors. However, when it comes to portable ultrasound, providers are left without reimbursement for the very same transportation and setup costs. It's an outdated...

Protect Access to Life-Saving Lab Testing

The problem: The Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) has faced cumulative Medicare reimbursement cuts that are pushing portable diagnostic laboratory services to a breaking point. For skilled nursing and long-term care residents, many of whom are frail, immobile, or...

Medicare Is Penalizing Therapy. It's Time for Congress to Fix It.

For over a decade, rehabilitation therapy providers have been penalized by an outdated Medicare payment policy that discourages care their patients need most. The Removing Excessive Cuts to Outpatient and Vital Essential Rehabilitation (RECOVER Act), H.R. 8386, would...