Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term care insurance news and analysis, including coverage of short-term care insurance, long-term care hybrid products, and other arrangements for paying for long-term and post-acute care.
A Look At Boomers' Impact On LTC Resources
By Trevor ThomasA recently published study by the Urban Institute shows that even under the most favorable foreseeable conditions, long term care burdens on families and institutions ...
May 31, 2007
Increasing your "know, like and trust" ratioWe have heard it again and again. People do business with those they "know, like and trust." That's true and we know it intuitively, but the question is: How much do we focus on getting people to know, like and trust us? The most important factor is
May 14, 2007
SCSA 2007 Service to Seniors Award Recipients Combine Knowledge of Seniors with Commitment to CommunityWhen residents of Tyler, TX, see Wade Emerson at their door, they feel more comfortable having an Alzheimer's victim in their house. Kevin Turkington has applied the skills and energy he used to build a business to help Alaskan seniors build a
May 08, 2007
Medical Mutual Agrees To Acquire Carolina CareA Midwestern health insurer may scoop up a Southeastern health insurer.Medical Mutual of Ohio, Cleveland, says it has agreed to acquire Carolina Care Plan Inc., ...
May 06, 2007
Medicare LTC Payments To RiseThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to increase Medicare payments to nursing homes by about $690 million in fiscal 2008 while increasing contributions ...
May 06, 2007
Medicare LTC Payments To RiseThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to increase Medicare payments to nursing homes by about $690 million in fiscal 2008 while increasing contributions ...
May 04, 2007
North Star State Company Gets National Dental NetworkHealthPartners Inc. has agreed to rent a national dental provider network from Health Care Exchange Ltd., which does business as DenteMax Inc.HealthPartners, Bloomington, Minn., a ...
May 01, 2007
The lone riderA mixture of in-depth client research and old-fashioned hard work have helped turn Alan Stuart into the country's top LTCI producer. This article discusses how a relative newcomer to the business turned a personalized approach into a profitable practice.