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By Andrew Taylor |
October 10, 2011
The supercommittee is struggling. After weeks of secret meetings, the 12-member deficit-cutting panel established under last summer's budget and debt deal appears no closer to a breakthrough than when talks began last month.
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By Melinda Deslatte |
October 5, 2011
In-home health providers who care for Louisiana Medicaid patients say they have been unfairly targeted by health department audits that claimed they owed $4.2 million in overpayments and fines, and nearly every provider sanctioned is appealing the decision.
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By Amanda McGrory |
September 20, 2010
Closures and smaller cost increases at many long-term care facilities were brought on by the 2008-2009 recession, according to the Newark, N.J.-based Prudential Financial Inc.'s bi-annual 2010 Long-Term Care Cost Study.
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By Jenny Ivy |
March 11, 2010
Projections for the cost of home health care services show the average hourly rate in 2010 will tick up 2.5 percent over 2009's rate, according to new data from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance.