While one-third of older adults may never need long-term care services, many people do need the extra support, including care in a nursing home. According to a report from the Urban Institute, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Son visits elderly woman in hospital. Once you turn 65, there is a 70% chance that you are going to need some kind of long-term ...

Federal agencies intensify oversight of senior care programs while expanding fraud controls, with actions from the Centers ...

With skilled nursing improper payment rates more than double the overall rate for Medicare, nursing homes must remain vigilant for lapses in documentation and validation failures that could lead to ...

UnitedHealth Group is facing legal challenges on multiple fronts, including federal investigations into its Medicare billing practices and calls for a congressional investigation into its nursing home ...

Barring new entrants will be good for existing firms that will avoid competition. But it hard to see how it will prevent ...

Across rural Pennsylvania, skilled nursing facilities are a lifeline. For many communities, they are the only place where ...

To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently published its proposed payment rules for general acute care ...