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.
MetLife: Elder Care Costs Rise
By staff WriterThe cost of private-room nursing home care is averaging $83,585 this year, up 4.6% from the 2009 average, and the average annual cost of staying in an assisted living facility increased 5.2%, to $39,516 per year.
October 26, 2010
CIGNA Helps Launch Medical Home PilotCIGNA Corp. is working Holston Medical Group to test a relatively new approach to coordinating patient care.
October 26, 2010
Proposals could save government $3.5 trillionUnited Health Group's Center for Health Reform and Modernization is reporting approximately $3.5 trillion in Medicare and Medicaid funds could be saved in the next 25 years through coordinated care programs.
October 26, 2010
Top 5 Most Expensive, Top 5 Cheapest States for Nursing Home/Assisted Living CareAlaska is the most expensive state for nursing home care. According to a survey released Tuesday by Metlife's Mature Market Institute, the average cost for...
October 22, 2010
PPACA: ACO Market Size MattersThe new accountable care organizations may work better if they are more tightly knit in bigger communities and more loosely structured in smaller communities.
October 22, 2010
PPACA: CBO Skeptical about Cost SavingsThe Affordable Care Act may have only a "very limited" effect on unnecessary U.S. health care spending in the coming decade, according to Congressional Budget Office analysts.
October 22, 2010
PPACA: ACO Market Size MattersThe new accountable care organizations may work better if they are more tightly knit in bigger communities and more loosely structured in smaller communities.
October 22, 2010
PPACA: CBO Skeptical about Cost SavingsThe Affordable Care Act may have only a "very limited" effect on unnecessary U.S. health care spending in the coming decade, according to Congressional Budget Office analysts.