Medicaid

SNF Medicare Medicaid Infrastructure Reform

Structural Quality Standards for Nursing Facilities: Quality Depends on Environment — Policy Must Drive Modernization

Aging nursing facility buildings are not just a modernization issue—they are a resident safety issue, and Medicaid policy should drive replacement of obsolete environments with structurally capable ones.

SNF Medicare Reimbursement Medicaid Infrastructure Reform

From Capital to Capability: What Medicaid Pays For Determines What Gets Built

Medicaid pays as if all nursing facilities are the same—this paper shows how tying reimbursement to structural quality can finally drive the modern buildings residents deserve.

SNF Ohio Reimbursement Medicaid

Ohio’s Highest Court Spoke. Medicaid Still Hasn’t Acted.

More than four months after a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court order, Ohio Medicaid has not complied.

SNF Ohio Medicaid

Quality: What Happened in Ohio?

Ohio made quality the cornerstone of nursing facility reimbursement—then retreated.

SNF Ohio Reimbursement Medicaid

Close the Loophole: Stop 1-Star & Special Focus Facilities from Collecting Private Room Incentive Payments in Ohio

COVID-19 SNF General Operational Direct Care Ohio Reimbursement Medicaid

Why Shared Bathrooms Undermine Ohio’s Private Room Policy

COVID-19 SNF General Operational Ohio Reimbursement Medicaid

Reforming Ohio’s Private Room Incentive Policy

SNF Medicare Reimbursement CMS Modernization Medicaid

Rethinking the Narrative: Stories that Shape Nursing Home Policy

Challenging the conventional wisdom in nursing home policy to build a system that rewards quality, not excuses.

Medicare CMS Modernization Medicaid Automation Technology

Beyond the Middleman: Rethinking Medicare and Medicaid in the Age of Automation

As automation and AI reshape industries, should Medicare and Medicaid continue relying on private insurers for administration?

SNF Reimbursement Medicaid Michigan

Ensuring Fairness in Michigan’s Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement System

Michigan's Medicaid reimbursement system creates a funding disparity between nursing homes based solely on ownership classification, raising significant questions about healthcare equity across the state.