Brendan Williams (NH Bulletin) — It is unhealthy to ask the average citizen, even if he or she is serving as a New Hampshire legislator, to understand the intricacies of nursing home reimbursement, but such an occasion has arisen given changes to Medicaid rates on Jan. 1. Last November, nursing home providers found out that Read More
Brendan Williams Concord Monitor Weekend Edition (Dec. 6-7) Governor Kelly Ayotte entered office under unenviable state budget circumstances. While her proposed budget cut spending, in her February state budget address she emphasized āprioritizing those who are depending on services provided by the State.ā Among other things, the proposed budget appeared to maintain care funding progress for Read More
Elijah de Castro, Keene Sentinel (Dec. 6, 2025) Nursing homes throughout the Monadnock Region and New Hampshire are facing uncertainty following the recent release of preliminary rate adjustments for Medicaidās reimbursement of long-term care facilities. Many of the adjustments would involve steep decreases in payments starting Jan. 1. https://www.keenesentinel.com/healthlab/medicaid-reimbursement-rate-cuts-impact-nh-nursing-homes/article_46b00279-ed9d-4904-b000-733674ea3612.html Read More
Seacoastonline.com (Nov. 29) A norāeaster of Medicaid cuts is poised to slam into Seacoast area nursing homes on Jan. 1. https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/11/29/seacoast-nursing-homes-medicaid-funding-cuts-williams/87466714007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z114919p004850c004850d00—-v114919d–51–b–51–&gca-ft=202&gca-ds=sophi Read More
By Brendan Williams New Hampshire Bulletin (Oct. 8) — New Hampshire consumers who wish to choose privatized Medicare are facing a churn in the Medicare Advantage market, with two carriers, Anthem and Martinās Point, leaving and another, Aetna, reducing its coverage to the two most populous counties. This is not the fault of the New Hampshire Insurance Read More
Seacoastonline.com (July 31, 2025). In its final analysis of what was known as the āBig, Beautiful Billā ā before that title was stripped in the Senate ā the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the new federal law will cause $1.06 trillion in Medicaid cuts. Directly impacting long-term care providers is reducing by a month payment for care provided prior Read More
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News (July 16, 2025). That passage of House Resolution 1 ā formerly known as the āBig Beautiful Billā ā was not a bigger disaster for nursing home care is a credit to the American Health Care Association. The extreme hostility of ideologues toward provider taxes as state Medicaid funding mechanisms is not confined to Read More
NH Union Leader (June 12, 2025). NEW HAMPSHIRE nursing home care providers have been in a state of heightened anxiety since January. At the federal level, Medicaid cuts have been discussed to help pay for massive tax cuts in what has become known as the āOne Big Beautiful Bill Actā (HR 1). In Concord, the Read More
New Hampshire BulletinĀ (Nov. 4, 2024). It is open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage insurers. However, recent headlines would suggest it is more like open season on those consumers who might choose a profit-seeking middleman over the traditional fee-for-service Medicare signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. AĀ report this month by the U.S. Department Read More
Keene Sentinel (Oct. 1, 2024). In this ugly campaign year, we are hearing nothing about the biggest policy accomplishment, for good or ill, of the Biden Administration. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 was a $1.9 trillion expenditure, of which $350 billion went to state and local governments. The sugar high from that Read More