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.
Study: Patients Can Grade Doctors
By Staff WriterOne of the key weaknesses of the "consumer-driven health plan" movement is that consumers have little access to quality information about individual doctors.Now a team ...
November 29, 2005
Federal Aging Event To Shape Policy ProposalsLong term care and income planning issues crop up often on the agenda for the upcoming 2005 White House Conference on Aging.[@@]The 4-day conference, ...
November 02, 2005
House Keeps LTC Provision In Deficit BillLanguage expanding long term care partnership programs was included in legislation passed by the House in a close vote before it recessed.In long term ...
November 01, 2005
LTC Insurer Adds Provider NetworkJohn Hancock Long Term Care Insurance has agreed to offer the CareScout LTC provider referral service.[@@]John Hancock, Boston, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., ...
October 28, 2005
Departing Managers Hurt Universal American ResultsIncreases in claims for outpatient doctor visits, claims for skilled nursing facility care and Medicare supplement policy lapse rates cut third-quarter profits at Universal ...
October 06, 2005
CareQuest To Tempt Students With Web ResourcesCareQuest Inc. is giving prospective students an incentive to sign up for its elder care certification courses by offering program participants access to a ...
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 ...