HomeCare Editors’ Top 5: Week of May 9

House Letter Airs Concerns About Medicare Part B Drug Payment Demo
Dozens of House members wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking that the Medicare Part B drug payment demo program be withdrawn. (Mary Ellen McIntire/Morning Consult)

CMS Feels the Heat to Change Medicare Part B Drug Pay Plan
The pressure is on for the CMS to transform or even drop its recently proposed plan to change the way it pays hospitals and doctors for outpatient drugs covered by Medicare Part B. (Virgil Dickson/Modern Healthcare)

Fraying at the Edges, One Woman’s Life with Alzheimer’s
A withered person with a scrambled mind, memories sealed away: That is the familiar face of Alzheimer’s. But there is also the waiting period, which Geri Taylor has been navigating with prudence, grace and hope. (N.R. Kleinfield/New York Times)

Spotty Medication Management in Home Health Causes Dire Results
A significant number of home health agencies may be doing a woefully inadequate job of medication management, contributing to serious and sometimes fatal hazards that people are facing as they transition from hospitals to other settings. (Tim Mullaney/Home Health Care News)

Medicare Pays Bonuses to 231 Hospitals With Lower Quality Because of Cheaper Costs
The federal government paid bonuses to 231 hospitals with subpar quality because their patients tend to be less expensive for Medicare, new research shows. (Jordan Rau/Kaiser Health News)