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.
An Advisor's Resource
By Ellen UzelacWhen Janet Schaefer's father died, the former health care administrator jumped in to help her elderly mother wade through mounds of paperwork. Where were the...
January 21, 2008
Aetna Awards Grant To Senior GroupAetna Inc., Hartford, has provided a $25,000 grant to the Modern Maturity Center in Dover, Del.The grant will go to the organization's Day Break adult ...
January 13, 2008
LTC Claims Doubled From 2001 To 2005, SOA FindsLong term care insurers are developing extensive experience in managing claims and policies, developing more details on claims exposure, claims paid, and termination rates, a ...
January 13, 2008
LTC Claims Doubled From 2001 To 2005, SOA FindsLong term care insurers are developing extensive experience in managing claims and policies, developing more details on claims exposure, claims paid, and termination rates, a ...
January 03, 2008
CareGuide Obtains Working CapitalA health care management company says existing investors have agreed to supply $3.75 million in cash.CareGuide Inc., Coral Springs, Fla., is obtaining the capital through ...
December 11, 2007
LTC Unit Updates Brochure On Caregiver HiringThe MetLife Mature Market Institute has revised a guide to finding and employing independent home care aides.The institute, a unit of MetLife Inc., New York, ...
December 04, 2007
Dental Plan Offers Benefit Increase GuaranteeSuper Dental Care Alliance is promising to give group dental customers more coverage as well as holding their rates steady.Superior Dental Care Alliance Inc., Dayton, ...
December 04, 2007
Opportunities in Hospital Infection ControlMedical device and pharmaceutical companies are seizing the opportunity to help hospitals with infection control. While interest in infection control isn't new, hospitals are under greater pressure to control HAIs, as bacteria become more resistant to existing therapies and payers tally the mounting costs of treatment for complications that might...