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.
LTC Insurer Adds Provider Network
By Staff WriterJohn Hancock Long Term Care Insurance has agreed to offer the CareScout LTC provider referral service.[@@]John Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., ...
September 14, 2005
Blackburn%3A Medicare Reform Still On Radar ScreenCongress could begin considering Medicare reform proposals as early as next month.[@@]The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee probably will begin work on Medicare ...
September 07, 2005
Average Annual Nursing Home Cost Hits $74,000, Survey FindsThe average daily cost of a private room in a nursing home in the United States increased almost 6% from last year, according to ...
September 01, 2005
Disability Insurer Joins EAP MovementPrincipal Financial Group Inc. will be offering help with emotional and life issues to long-term disability claimants.[@@]A few years ago, most insurers that marketed ...
August 30, 2005
Program Charges Single Fee For Dental And Vision CoverageAmeritas Group has introduced a program that can help employers combine billing, deductibles, annual maximums and other features for dental care and eye care.[@@]Ameritas, ...
August 09, 2005
Hospital Chain Settles Over Rates For Uninsured PatientsA state court in Los Angeles has approved a settlement that could turn health care providers' "retail prices" into relics.[@@]California Superior Court Judge Wendell ...
August 02, 2005
Justice Department To Settle With Cincinnati Ob-GynsFederal antitrust lawyers are attacking what they say was an illegal effort by Cincinnati-area obstetrician-gynecologists to work together to increase managed care reimbursement rates.[@@]Officials ...
July 21, 2005
AARP: LTC Fears Cross Borders (Updated)More than half of the consumers who participated in an international survey sponsored by AARP, Washington, said they were worried about long term care ...