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Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medical Debt Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare redesign, Medical debt

With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help

(By Noam N. Levey for KFF Health News) When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer

Aging Assisted Living End of Life Nursing Homes Pandemic

Eileen Cook February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Aging, Assisted Living, COVID-19, Nursing Homes, Older Adults

Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) The covid-19 pandemic would be a wake-up call for America, advocates for the

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Legislative Update Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 CMS, Nursing Home Staff Minimums, Nursing Homes, Older Adults

Why the debate over proposed nursing home staff minimums is particularly unproductive

(By David C. Grabowski and David G. Stevenson for STAT) The Biden administration’s proposed minimum staffing standard is likely the

Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia Assisted Living Caregiver Health Care Finance Health Insurance LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Alzheimer's Disease, Assisted Living, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Home Care, Long-term Care, LTC Insurance, Older Adults

Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many

(By Jordan Rau and JoNel Aleccia for KFF Health News) For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid

Aging Assisted Living Caregiver Health Care Finance LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook November 21, 2023 Home and Community-based services, Long-term Services and Supports, Medicaid, Nursing Home, Older Adults

10 Things About Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

(By Priya Chidambaram and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 16, 2023) In 2020, an estimated 5.8

Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia Assisted Living Caregiver End of Life Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Alzheimer's Disease, Caregiver, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Home Care, Long-term Care, Medicaid, Older Adults

Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care

(By Reed Abelson, The New York Times and Jordan Rau for KFF Health News) Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French

Disabled Health Care - General Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 Disabled, Long-term Care, Medicaid, Medicaid HCBS program, Medicaid Managed Care, Older Adults

In Response to Home-Care Workforce Shortages, Most States Report Increasing Medicaid’s Payment Rates and Expanding Worker Opportunities

(By Alice Burns, Maiss Mohamed, and Molly O’Malley Watts for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 24, 2023) Long-standing workforce

Aging CMS Legislative Update Medicare - General Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 medicare, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

(By Tara Bannow for STAT) Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan

Aging CMS Medicare Advantage Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 algorithm, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, naviHealth, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in

Aging CMS Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook August 30, 2023August 29, 2023 0 Comments CMS, Nursing Home, Staffing

Exclusive: CMS Study Sabotages Efforts to Bolster Nursing Home Staffing, Advocates Say

(By Jordan Rau for KFF Health News) The Biden administration last year promised to establish minimum staffing levels for the