Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed
Read more(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed
Read more(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare suspended some prior authorization requirements for in-network hospitals and in-network skilled nursing
Read more(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Nov. 18 that the department is seeing “tremendous uptake”
Read more(By Jordan Rau and Lauren Weber and Rachana Pradhan for Kaiser Health News) Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results
Read more(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Thousands of long-term care facilities have opted into a free HHS program with
Read more(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health said Oct. 16 that it will partner with long-term care facilities
Read moreMany seniors and non-seniors assume that Medicare covers long-term care, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, Medicare
Read more(By Gabrielle Masson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Some nursing homes may send poor residents requiring extra care to emergency rooms
Read more(By Ina Jaffe for NPR) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which regulate nursing facilities, are lifting the ban
Read more(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Where do we want to live in the years ahead? Older adults are
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