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One out of every five dollars Medicare spends goes to nursing homes, home health services or other post-acute facilities and services. The spending varies greatly between states: Louisiana spends 31 percent on post-acute services while Hawaii spends 12 percent.
The proposal would keep physician pay at current levels but offer them incentives for quality improvements.
A reader asks: Can COBRA health insurance coverage be extended beyond 36 months?
Costs, coverage details of different Medicare Advantage or prescription drug plans can vary significantly, so beneficiaries should weigh their options and consider switching plans for a better deal.
Most of these patients have multiple chronic illnesses and all too often they wind up in emergency rooms because they have enormous difficulty navigating the increasingly fragmented, complicated and inflexible health-care system.
Brad Stevens, 54, learned the hard way that being uninsured was risky as accidents and illness took a toll. Soon, he'll qualify for California's expanded Medicaid program.
The online exchanges that open Oct. 1 are not aimed at Medicare beneficiaries, but the 2010 health law does affect seniors in other ways.
Care is particularly aggressive in the Philadelphia area, according to a Dartmouth Atlas study.
The Obama administration had been trying for almost two years to extend overtime and minimum wage protections to the workers. The rule doesn't take effect until 2015.
Officials won't use "nuclear option" for fear of disrupting services to patients.
The group tackles wide-ranging list of concerns, but the lack of a financing plan raises strong objections from some members.
The administration ramps up its message that seniors with Medicare coverage do not need plans from the exchanges.
Two years ago Pathways to Housing helped a homeless Alicia O. find an apartment and get regular medical care, the first steps on her way to changing her circumstances, and improving her life.
Administration officials are planning campaign to convince millions of seniors that they don't need to sign up for the online exchanges.
A program aimed at getting people out of nursing homes and back in their own homes is off to a slow start. Organizers say it's a challenge to find out which services each person needs, from meals delivered to a whole new apartment.
A Minnesota hospital's care for congestive heart failure patients set the stage for it to become an Accountable Care Organization under the health law.
Connecticut Department of Social Services' Dawn Lambert discusses the state's efforts to address residents' long-term care needs while minimizing the strain on the state's Medicaid budget.
The health law's expansion of Medicaid is putting a spotlight on how regulators monitor the performance of privately-run plans.
After 20 years as a busy ER doctor, Linda Smith now finds satisfaction guiding patients through treatment for life-threatening illnesses.
The commission, set up by Congress to offer recommendations on paying for services to help seniors and disabled people, has only a few months left to do its work.
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