Medicare has proposed narrower requirements for reimbursements of lower limb prosthetics in an effort to curb fraud, but some in the amputee community worry that the new guidelines would hinder access to artificial limbs.

Modern Healthcare recently released to the public their 2015 'Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare' list. Leading the pack were U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President of the United States Barack Obama. This is seen at large as a reflection of the centrality in healthcare based on the Affordable Care Act and the battle over its future.

Pat Conroy makes no bones about it in a recent Washington Post article – his road to recovery, which began three years ago after a failing liver and Type 2 diabetes landed him in the hospital, has not been easy.

Early research suggests that rehabilitation before cancer treatment can prepare the body for treatment and minimize some long-term effects, reports Kaiser Health News. According to a study published last year in the journal Anesthesiology, patients who receive prerehab for cancer treatment may be able to return to regular physical functioning more quickly than patients who do not.

Late last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized several Medicare payment rules for providers, which will go into effect on October 1, 2015. Among these was the Final Fiscal Year 2016 Payment and Policy Changes for Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. This final rule takes into account responses submitted by Kindred Rehabilitation Services, as well as other providers and stakeholders, to the proposed rule issued in April 2015.

Congratulations to Joe Fuller, Vice President of Finance for Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services, for his recent selection to the Leadership Louisville Class of 2016.

Each of us starts the workday with a general idea of how the day is going to go. But Kevin, a young man working at a factory in Texas, went in to work one morning not knowing that his life was about to change. When a crane mat was not securely fastened and toppled over in an accident at a welding factory, Kevin was crushed and severely injured.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week put forth a proposed rule that calls for paying a bundled payment to hospitals that perform hip and knee replacement surgeries.

We are proud to announce that Jason Zachariah, Senior Vice President of Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services, has been nominated by Louisville Business First to be featured as one of forty distinguished people in business in Louisville, the headquarters of Kindred Healthcare.

Recently, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee established a dedicated Chronic Care Work Group in order to develop legislative solutions to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions. In order to guide and inform their efforts, the Committee reached out to stakeholders in order to seek recommendations, examples of real world experience and thoughtful discourse in order to help improve care for this vulnerable patient population. Kindred responded to the opportunity and submitted a response to the Chronic Care Work Group.