Showing posts with label health care costs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health care costs. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Facial Injuries in Nursing Homes Underappreciated and Contribute Significantly to Healthcare Costs

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A recent study illustrates yet another reason that consumers should plan to "Age in Place," and avoid unnecessary and avoidable...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Medicare Premiums and Deductibles for 2016

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances for 2016. As expected, for the t...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Medicare Ends ‘Improvement Standard’ which Required 'Likelihood of Improvement' in Chronic Conditions before Coverage of Skilled Care and Therapy Services

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated the program manuals used by Medicare contractors in order to “clarify” that ...
Friday, May 3, 2013

Medicare Proposes Rules On Hospital Observation Care

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Medicare officials have proposed changes in hospital admission rules in an effort to reduce  the rising number of beneficiaries who are p...
Monday, February 11, 2013

California Doctor Shortage Frustrates Affordable Care Act

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According to the  Los Angeles Times , as California moves to expand healthcare coverage to millions of Californians under the Affordable C...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Gifting to Avoid Nursing Home Costs- Too Many Planning Intentional Impoverishment

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Health care costs continue to be a top retirement concern, yet few Americans know about their options or the potential dangers of improper ...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

PBS's "Frontline" Confronts End-of-Life Planning

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A recent edition of PBS's FRONTLINE online, and an accompanying web page , discuss the hard choices we face regarding health care near ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Beware Fake Health Care Plans In Wake of Reform

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In the wake of sweeping health care reform, consumers will need to be wary of con artists promoting fraudulent plans and benefits.  State r...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

End-of-Life Care Not to Blame for Increased Costs

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In this information age, there certainly seems to be a large amount of misinformation.  One of the more persistent myths, is that the high c...