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.
Center Commissions LTC Study
By Staff WriterThe National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry has awarded a contract to study long term care financing and planning.RTI International won ...
April 12, 2007
Hospital Sues Carrier Over Utilization ReviewA New York hospital is clashing with a health insurer over the standards used to decide whether the care provided to patients was medically necessary.Lawyers ...
April 11, 2007
Genworth: Nursing Home Tab Nears $75,000Although rates charged for home-based long term care have been fairly level in recent years, nursing home costs have risen almost 5% annually from 2004 ...
April 10, 2007
Guardian Dental Plan Members Save More Than $220 Million in Rollover Benefit DollarsThe Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian),New York, a provider of employee and voluntary benefits for small and midsize businesses, has announced that it has placed more than $220 million in client accounts since introducing its
April 09, 2007
Survey: Charitable Providers Hold Costs DownDoctors who provide at least 10 hours of charity care per month tend to be better than other doctors at holding insured patients' out-of-pocket costs ...
April 09, 2007
Survey: Charitable Providers Hold Costs DownDoctors who provide at least 10 hours of charity care per month tend to be better than other doctors at holding insured patients' out-of-pocket costs ...
April 01, 2007
8 ways to spread the word about LTCIThe statistics are sobering and indisputable: individuals age 65 or older have a 40 percent chance of entering a nursing home sometime during their lives. The average annual cost of a nursing home stay is $50,000, and even higher in some
March 31, 2007
8 ways to spread the word about LTCIThe statistics are sobering and indisputable: individuals age 65 or older have a 40 percent chance of entering a nursing home sometime during their lives. The average annual cost of a nursing home stay is $50,000, and even higher in some