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 ...
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Patients Divided Over Alzheimer’s Drug: Is It a ‘Risk I’m Willing to Take’ or Just a ‘Magic Pill’?
If you listen to the nation’s largest Alzheimer’s disease advocacy organizations, you might think everyone living with Alzheimer’s wants unfettered ...
Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It
The White House this week said CMS will first study the issue of nursing home staffing and then propose minimum ...
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 ...
Biden’s Promise of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers
The Biden administration's proposed overhaul of the nursing care industry faces a challenge: mandating adequate staffing levels for all homes without bankrupting ...
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 ...
Families Complain as States Require Covid Testing for Nursing Home Visits
As covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re ...
Post-Pandemic, What’s a Phone Call From Your Physician Worth?
Should insurers pay for “audio-only” visits? And, if they do, should they pay the same reimbursement rate as when a ...
Researcher: Medicare Advantage Plans Costing Billions More Than They Should
Switching seniors to Medicare Advantage plans has cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars more than keeping them in original ...
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 ...