Healthcare experts to discuss senior care at Brookings forum today
Jan 28, 2010
A distinguished panel of healthcare experts will gather today at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., to discuss strategies for improving care for seniors.
MedPAC recommends reforming Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities
Jun 16, 2008
The Medicare advisory arm of Congress has issued recommendations for reforming the Medicare payment system, including the payment system for skilled nursing facilities.
Researchers advocate changing POLST term to more accurately describe end-of-life wishes
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Aug 30, 2017
Updating the name of forms used to document nursing home residents’ end-of-life wishes may help make them more accurate, according to researchers.
Polls offer differing public views of drug benefit
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 22, 2006
The voting public seems to be at odds with seniors’ views of prescription drug benefit reform, studies indicate. While two studies show the general public’s dissatisfaction with an anticipated...
Obama reverses course on regulation allowing advance care planning
Jan 06, 2011
The Obama administration has opted to remove any mention of end-of-life care planning from a Medicare regulation that took effect at the beginning of the year, The New York Times reported.
Report: Health reform costs raise overall spending slightly
Sep 10, 2010
Health spending will rise a little quicker than previously estimated under the administration’s new health reform law, but it is not expected to dramatically upend spending patterns over the next...
Florida judge allows lawsuit challenging healthcare reform to proceed
Oct 18, 2010
A Florida federal judge is permitting a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law to proceed to trial.
Meals on wheels may never be the same
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2014
As facilities struggle to staff, help may soon be available in the form of a meal-delivering robot.
Improper pill splitting can be dangerous, study says
Jan 10, 2011
The practice of splitting tablet forms of medications is a risky technique, Medical News Today reported.
Ohio judge permits healthcare reform suit to proceed to trial, follows similar action taken in Florida...
Nov 29, 2010
An Ohio federal judge recently allowed a lawsuit that challenges the insurance mandate of the healthcare reform law to proceed to trial.