Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Medicare Advantage Premiums Decline to Lowest in 13 Years With Open Enrollment Approaching

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Medicare Open Enrollment begins on October 15, 2019, and ends on December 7, 2019.  Ahead of Medicare Open Enrollment, the Centers for Medic...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Aging in Place- Postacute Care Payment Reform for Informal Caregivers

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Health Affairs has published an excellent article describing the financial challenges imposed by the existing Medicare system for those pl...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Veterans Legacy Memorial

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The Veterans Legacy Memorial is the first digital platform dedicated entirely to memory preservation for the 3.7 million Veterans interre...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Aging in Place: 39 Million Home and Personal Care Robots A Year By 2024

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ID 112050146 © Vladislav Kochelaevskiy | Dreamstime.com McKnight's Senior Living  recently published an article with the headline,...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Increasing Blood Pressure Drugs Upon Hospital Discharge Poses Health Risks

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Increasing blood pressure medications when older patients are discharged from the hospital may also increase falling, fainting or kidne...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Class-action Challenges Observation Status Determinations - Seeking Medicare Eligibility for Nursing Home Care

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More than 1.3 million Medicare observation stay claims could be appealed if a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of Health...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Less Than One-Third of New Medicare Beneficiaries Enroll in Medicare Advantage

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The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released new findings about what coverage new Medicare enrollees choose. This information is importa...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

HHS Seats RAISE Family Caregiver Act Advisory Council

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The RAISE Family Caregiver Act, which became law in January 2018 , was created to support the development and execution of a nationa...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Recording Fees Increase in Ohio

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Effective October 16, 2019, recording fees for most documents will increase by $6.00  due to the passage of HB 166 by the Ohio Legis...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Fraud Alert: Genetic Testing Scam

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T he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General has issued a   fraud alert   warning that free  DN...