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.
PPACA: CMS to Test Payment Models
By Allison BellThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is about to try four different strategies for bundling provider payments.
August 22, 2011
PPACA: CMS to Test Payment ModelsThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is about to try four different strategies for bundling provider payments.
August 16, 2011
Fed workers keep LTCI despite rate increases: GAOA study by the GAO found that rate hikes didn't deter federal employees from keeping their LTCI policies.
August 15, 2011
Fed workers keep LTCI despite rate increases: GAOA study by the GAO found that rate hikes didn't deter federal employees from keeping their LTCI policies.
August 10, 2011
Nursing homes face CMS cutsNursing homes across the country will face a $4-billion reduction in annual Medicare reimbursements for rehabilitative care received following a hospitalization.
August 09, 2011
Doctors Sue Over Medicare Rate-Setting ProceduresPrimary care doctors from Georgia are trying to get the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to change the way they set physician reimbursement rates.
August 09, 2011
Nursing homes face CMS cutsNursing homes across the country will face a $4-billion reduction in annual Medicare reimbursements for rehabilitative care received following a hospitalization.
August 08, 2011
Doctors Sue Over Medicare Rate-Setting ProceduresPrimary care doctors from Georgia are trying to get the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to change the way they set physician reimbursement rates.