Sunday, August 31, 2014

Diagnostic Related Group Codes or DRGs

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DRGs were first developed at Yale University in 1975 for the purpose of grouping together patients with similar treatments and conditions...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Surprise? Researchers Find that Hospice Use Not Increasing Despite Record Use of Advance Directives

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According to an article published in McNight's Long Term Care News , seniors are completing advance directives in record numbers, but ...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Empowering Nurse Practitioners Could Reduce Hospitalizations From SNFs

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According to an article in McNight's Long Term Care News , granting more authority to nurse practitioners (NPs) can help reduce hospit...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Ohio Ranks Poorly on Long-Term Care Services Scorecard

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A new report ranks states on the quality and accessibility of their long-term care services and concludes there is a lot of room for improve...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

5 Tips on Deciding Whether to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance

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Alliance for Health Reform One of the most difficult decisions in long-term care planning is whether to purchase long-term care insurance...
Monday, August 25, 2014

Caregiver Weds Man Then Depletes His Estate Leaving His Family Nothing

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Proper planning for single seniors includes protecting the estate from control by third parties. A recent case illustrates how difficult it ...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Update: CMS May NOT Force the Dying to Spend Their Final Days Jumping Through Hoops to Get Needed Medications

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Following an outcry from patient advocates, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised earlier guidance that requir...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Ohio Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Medicaid Pre-Eligibility Transfer Case

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Does federal Medicaid law allow the unlimited transfer of assets between spouses after one spouse is institutionalized, but before Medi...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Is Health Care Reform Hazardous To Your Health?

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Regardless of your position on the Affordable Health Care Act, it is at one time both fascinating, and troubling, to witness the scope and p...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Entire Value of Property in Which Medicaid Recipient Had Life Estate is Recoverable in Idaho

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The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that the state may recover Medicaid benefits from the entire value of a property that a Medicaid recipi...