McKnight's March 7, 2024
DALLAS — Long-term care providers may not have had all their questions answered when a top Medicare official addressed a key operator conference Wednesday morning, but they were given some clear direction.
Namely, the increased use of health data and providers’ own voices should be considered among the best tools available for achieving change in a system that increasingly relies on Medicaid Advantage and other frustrating programs.
“We need to have data … We need to understand what is being tried, what is working,” said Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD, director of the Center of Medicare and deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, during a session at the NIC 2024 Spring Conference.
While she avoided getting into...