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Medicaid's at-home care for disabled, elderly in hands of Congress now
Jul 31, 2017 | Susan Jaffe
Two million Americans rely on home-based care services paid by Medicaid to live at home, ...
Jul 22, 2014 | Susan Jaffe
Medicare officials have allowed patients at dozens of hospitals participating in pilot projects across ...
Jul 21, 2014 | Susan Jaffe
Medicare announced Friday that it was revising rules intended to prevent the agency from paying twice for the same prescriptions ...
May 21, 2014 | Susan Jaffe
Medicare may be overpaying hospitals an estimated $5 billion as a result of the 18-month moratorium ...
Sep 30, 2013 | Susan Jaffe
Medicare officials will delay until 2014 enforcement of controversial new rules that define when ...
Sep 24, 2013 | Susan Jaffe
A federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday intended to eliminate the observation ...
Sep 17, 2013 | Susan Jaffe
The federal Commission on Long-Term Care released its policy recommendations last week but did ...
Jul 30, 2013 | Susan Jaffe
Medicare patients' chances of being admitted to the hospital or kept for observation depend on ...
Resistance to MediGap plan changes on the rise
Aug 30, 2011 | Susan Jaffe
A provision of the 2010 Affordable Care Act that intends to increase Medicare beneficiaries' share of healthcare ...