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.
Disability Insurer Joins EAP Movement
By Staff WriterPrincipal 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 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 ...
July 20, 2005
Motivate Action On LTC With Simple QuestionsHonest and thoughtful answers to basic questions help advisors and clients determine if planning should include long term care risk analysis.Unfortunately, substantial misinformation and ...
July 14, 2005
Great-West Reports Savings At Low-Deductible PlansGreat-West Healthcare says it believes the consumer incentive features it sells along with normal-deductible group health plans are helping to hold down plan expenses.[@@]Great-West, ...
July 14, 2005
UnitedHealth To Hire 600 For Medicare ProgramUnitedHealth Group Inc. is looking forward to the birth of the new Medicare drug plan.[@@]The Minnetonka, Minn., managed care company is reporting $809 million ...
July 13, 2005
Giving A Push To LTC As A BenefitThis is important to boomers who care for older relativesAmong the many significant challenges baby boomers will face as they enter the ranks of ...
June 30, 2005
Companies Settle Discount Card Program DisputeOne of the first companies to sell preferred provider organization-style discounts separately from health insurance is settling a legal dispute with a former distributor.[@@]Precis ...