As anyone who has spent time trying to navigate Medicare knows, the rules are too often complicated and whacky. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to fix some of the whackier...
Diane Archer
Nursing shortage? Robots can help
John Leland reports for the New York Times on robots designed to help meet the needs of nursing home residents. With a nursing shortage, nursing homes are often understaffed. Robots can help provide...
Members of Congress urge administration to end overpayments in...
If you have traditional Medicare, you are paying higher Part B premiums to cover higher costs in Medicare Advantage. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is paying Medicare Advantage plans...
Washington State delays plans to give residents a long-term care...
If the US does not already have a long-term care crisis, and there’s a good argument we do, it’s hard to imagine we won’t face a crisis shortly. As the cohort of older Americans...
Coronavirus: If you have Medicare, it’s time for a second...
The coronavirus pandemic may appear to be waning in the US, but COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head around the world, and cases of the BA.22 variant continue to emerge and persist in the US. By...
Coronavirus: A new pill treats the virus
A new pill, Paxlovid, treats the novel coronavirus after you become infected. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved it for emergency use. Three infectious disease experts at Yale...
Whistleblowers expose fraudulent Medicare Advantage billing...
Bloomberg News reports on allegations that several major health insurance companies are defrauding the federal government, inappropriately billing Medicare. A host of whistleblowers have compelling...
Planning for long-term care; you’re more than likely to...
Howard Gleckman reports for Forbes on why everyone 65 and older should expect to need long-term care. Most people do. And, there’s no way to know in advance whether you will or not...
Our nursing home crisis is only worsening; who cares?
Jay Caspian King writes for the New York Times about our worsening nursing home crisis. For decades now, big corporations and private equity firms have been buying up nursing homes, collecting money...
One in four Medicare Advantage plans engage in misleading...
Allison Bell reports for Think Advisor on the federal government’s decision to hold off issuing a rule imposing an extra penalty on Medicare Advantage plans for misleading marketing. It appears...