Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care
The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid...
Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
As early as three weeks after Medicare’s drug plan enrollment period ends on Dec. 7, insurance plans can change what...
Seeking to Shift Costs to Medicare, More Employers Move Retirees to Advantage Plans
Over the past decade, an increasing number of employers have used the government’s Medicare Advantage program as an alternative to...
Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule...
Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers
Finding the best private Medicare drug or medical insurance plan among dozens of choices is tough enough without throwing misleading...
3 States Limit Nursing Home Profits in Bid to Improve Care
Nursing homes receive billions of taxpayers’ dollars every year to care for chronically ill frail elders, but until now, there...
After Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents
Several states have enacted laws to guarantee minimum levels of care and amenities in nursing homes, beyond federal standards.
Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule...