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The Biden administration should stop its “incendiary descriptions” of the long-term care sector and focus instead on collaborative policy solutions, scolded LeadingAge president and CEO Katie Smith Sloan in an open letter to the president.
Skilled nursing providers would get a new, improved appeals process for Medicare Advantage denials under a proposal issued late Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
While consumers continue to flock to MA plans for their zero-dollar premiums and appealing supplemental benefits, skilled nursing providers may feel like their long-running complaints about the plans’ affect on care quality are finally being heard.
Medicare Advantage crossed a major tipping point in January: More than 50% of all Medicare beneficiaries are now covered by an MA plan.
Providers must be aggressive to help stop Medicare Advantage practices that have limited access to skilled nursing, an expert said Wednesday.