MedPAC approves recommendations for cuts to home health and hospice payments
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 21, 2021
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which advises Congress on Medicare issues, recently voted in favor of recommendations to reduce the 2021 Medicare base payment rates for hospice and home health...
Rates of adverse events lower with pixaban for A-fib in older adults
Jul 20, 2021
Apixaban was the only direct oral anticoagulant linked to lower adverse event rates than warfarin for patients with atrial fibrillation across frailty levels.
New certificate program to help healthcare providers get up to speed on AI
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 09, 2021
Help is on the way to healthcare workers grappling with the technical complexities of digital medicine.
Two-thirds of older adults use integrative medicine strategies
Aug 05, 2022
Only 18% of older adults had talked to a healthcare provider about integrative medicine strategies.
Joining or forming a Medicare Advantage plan? Read these survey results
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2019
With an increasing number of senior living operators joining or forming their own Medicare Advantage plans, or considering doing so, the results of new J.D. Power customer satisfaction research could provide...
Some Medicare Advantage organizations are denying or delaying services to beneficiaries covered under Medicare rules, according to a report issued Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services...
Bipartisan BENES 2.0 Act could mean more money in the pockets of long-term care residents
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2022
Older adults and long-term care residents could end up with more money in their pockets if the Senate’s bipartisan Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification 2.0 Act becomes law....
Beneficiaries often reluctant to change Medicare or drug coverage, report finds
By
John O'Connor
Dec 13, 2019
In theory, beneficiaries in private Medicare Advantage plans and Part D stand-alone prescription drug plans could be switching plans each year. But as a new Kaiser Family Foundation report shows, that...
More news for Thursday, April 11
Apr 11, 2019
Providers rebut conclusions drawn in article about suicides in assisted living, nursing homes … Bernie Sanders’ new Medicare-for-all bill would cover some long-term care
More news for Monday, Feb. 13
Feb 12, 2017
Older adults are embracing “living apart together” (video) … Older adults who exercise regularly may lower their chances of severe mobility problems … Medicare should consider social...