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: HHS Presses on with ACO Pilot
By Allison BellThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is going ahead with efforts to recruit Medicare providers who are willing to test the "accountable care organization" approach to health care delivery.
May 12, 2011
A Buoyant Outlook for LTCIOptimism. It permeated the 500 producers and marketing organizations at the American Association of Long-Term Care Insurance's 2011 Summit.
May 12, 2011
A Buoyant Outlook for LTCIOptimism. It permeated the 500 producers and marketing organizations at the American Association of Long-Term Care Insurance's 2011 Summit.
May 11, 2011
Medicare reform, the Democrats' wayHoping to contrast sharply with the Republican plan to cut Medicare to help alleviate the deficit, the head of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Kent Conrad, is set to unveil a budget that would cut Medicare only modestly.
May 06, 2011
CMS Proposes Medicaid Care Access RuleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a draft of a regulation that could help state Medicaid programs show they are meeting patient care access requirements.
May 06, 2011
CMS Proposes Medicaid Care Access RuleThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a draft of a regulation that could help state Medicaid programs show they are meeting patient care access requirements.
May 03, 2011
Mom's day survey: Daughter, forever a daughterAccording to a survey by Senior Helpers, an in-home care provider, mothers and fathers view differently how their sons and daughters will care for them as they age.
May 03, 2011
Mom's day survey: Daughter, forever a daughterAccording to a survey by Senior Helpers, an in-home care provider, mothers and fathers view differently how their sons and daughters will care for them as they age.