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4 Huge ‘Tax’ Increases That Could Affect Your Business
Small-business confidence remains significantly below pre-recession levels. Why? It isn’t just the cold winter, the uncertainty, and the sluggish growth. Ask any of my more than 500 small and midsize clients and one common theme will come up: taxes. Most of the business…
AMAC weighs in on the criticality of Medicare oversight improvements
The Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) has issued a Policy Paper underscoring the importance of structural reforms within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Systemic improvements, AMAC noted, are vital to enabling Medicare to “more effectively and…
Developmental Disability Awareness Month – PCADD assists area families
The month of March is national Developmental Disability Awareness Month, and the Bowling Green Times will be running a series of articles throughout the next several weeks featuring area agencies that provide services to persons with developmental disabilities. It bears mentioning…
Feds Earmark Millions For Disability Housing Assistance
Federal housing officials are putting $120 million on the table to help thousands of people with disabilities access rental assistance. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Tuesday that state housing agencies can apply now through May 5 for…
Complex Medicaid And Medicare Eligibility Issues Mired In Controversial Immigration Debate
People typically mix up Medicare and Medicaid, the former guarantees access to health care insurance for senior citizens, while the latter provides health care to low-income families. As if that’s complicated enough, the fact that both programs are now getting entangled…
Medicare Advantage rate cuts expected in 2015
Seniors and people with disabilities enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans could see premium increases of almost $75 a month if proposed payment cuts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are implemented in 2015. CMS recently announced its proposed 2015 changes to…
Obama Budget Plan Challenges Cuts to Training, Customer Service
President Obama’s $3.9 trillion fiscal 2015 budget gives a nod to bipartisanship on agreed-upon spending levels, but it takes on political opponents by calling to restore agency training and customer service. “Our citizens and businesses expect their government to provide the…
Obama budget sets Medicare savings, hospitals seek reprieve
President Barack Obama’s budget plan for 2015 would save $402 billion from the Medicare and Medicaid government healthcare programs for the elderly and poor over the next 10 years, primarily due to reduced reimbursement to healthcare providers and drugmakers. A White…
Social Workers Emphasize Leadership This Month As Care Partners In Healthcare
Collaboration and leadership are critical roles for social workers who play instrumental roles in the increasingly complex realm of healthcare, according to the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (SSWLHC). During National Social Work Month in March, Allsup, a nationwide provider…
What to Cut when Majorities of Americans Support Most Major Government Services?
A new Harris Poll finds that large majorities of the public continue to be supportive of many key government services. This continuing sentiment underscores the difficulty our leaders face when attempting to curb government spending, given that nearly any cut…