Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services
(By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez for KFF Health News) In a little more than two years as CEO of a small
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Older Adults
RSV vaccines may be linked to small increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, data suggest
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The new vaccines that protect older adults against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, may be
Read More5 payers join White House food security initiative
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Several payers are making commitments to advance a White House initiative to end
Read MoreWhy won’t Medicare deliver food to sick seniors, if it could get them healthy?
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON – Some twelve percent of traditional Medicare beneficiaries have heart failure. Roughly a quarter
Read MoreSay That Again: Using Hearing Aids Can Be Frustrating for Older Adults, but Necessary
(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called
Read MoreWhen is forgetting normal — and when is it worrisome? A neuroscientist weighs in
(By Terry Gross for NPR) When cognitive neuroscientist Charan Ranganath meets someone for the first time, he’s often asked, “Why
Read MoreWhat 3 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Recent research on Medicare Advantage has uncovered differences in the types of care
Read MoreCMS Issues Additional Guidance on Program to Allow People with Medicare to Pay Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs in Monthly Payments
(Source – www.cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the second part of draft guidance for the
Read MorePresidential age debate obscures a simple fact: Some cognitive skills improve as we get older
(By Olivia Goldhill for STAT) When a psychology professor in Michigan looked through his data on interpersonal conflict a decade
Read MoreMedicare Advantage enrollees receive less postacute care: Study
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage enrollees received less intensive postacute care than their counterparts in traditional
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