Changes in Medicare law baffle nursing homes
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A wide variety of experts on long-term care have expressed serious concern that the new Medicare law will be unworkable for most of the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes.
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A key component of the new Medicare reform law calls for private insurers to expand their role in Medicare so they would serve large multistate regions.
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Changes to Medicare have many seniors in a tailspin. Prescription drug cards, managed care, Medigap, Part B -- they can&#39;t sort it out on their own, and the constant barrage of targeted advertisements and slick-sounding come-ons don&#39;t help.
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At two Capitol Hill hearings yesterday, legislators highlighted the need for greater transparency in nursing-home operations and called for a government probe into the quality of care given at facilities owned by private-equity firms.
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The Medicare program is rethinking its blanket coverage for all uses of drug-coated heart stents, a potential blow to Boston Scientific Corp. , Johnson &amp; Johnson, and others in the $6 billion-a-year industry.
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Insulated from lawsuits by their corporate structures, private investors in nursing homes have cut expenses and staff, sometimes below minimum requirements.
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For senior citizens enrolled in Medicare, nearly half the increase will be consumed by rising health insurance premiums, making this "good and bad news," said chief executive of the largest advocacy group for retirees.
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Elderly cancer patients may be saddled with huge drug bills because some oncologists with slashed Medicare reimbursement rates are no longer purchasing drugs on their patients' behalf, a report from a patient advocacy group says.
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State efforts to transform the nationâs health care system appear to be on a collision course with the Bush administrationâs latest budget proposal.
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A survey of complaints against more  than 16,000 U.S. nursing homes found that care often  deteriorates after being acquired by large private investment  firms, The New York Times reported in its September 23 edition.
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The costs of caring for elderly  people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to  overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care,  according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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US Medicare officials sought a compromise with private insurers on Monday by dividing the country into more regions, a ruling that could encourage more firms to broaden
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Toronto - An arbitrator has ruled that a Guelph nursing home remains covered by contract law negotiated in the 1980s and must pay a new health premium that Ontario&#39;s Liberal government has levied on employees across the province.
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Depending on whose interpretation of a new study one wants to believe, Medicare may â or may not â have saved money since the introduction of the stents in 2003.
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The challenges facing New York state&#39;s hospitals, nursing homes and home care agencies in 2005 will be substantial. In Albany, the Health Care Reform Act comes up for renewal in June, presenting
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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Congress said it would investigate business practices at nursing homes owned by private investment groups, after staffing at many of the homes was shown to have been cut severely.