Category: Insurance
Affordable Care Act Expands Coverage of Wellness Visits says Report
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that in less than two months, more than 150,000 seniors and others with Medicare have received an annual wellness visit. The preventive benefit is covered by Medicare free of charge when obtained by a participating health care professional because of the Affordable Care [...]
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Frontline Home Health Care Worker Wages Continue to Fall says Report
A new analysis of direct care workforces shows that wages and benefits for frontline health care workers is inadequate. “The problematic quality of direct-care jobs continues to undermine America’s capacity to produce a caregiving workforce that can deliver the basic hands-on services and supports demanded by millions of elders and persons with disabilities needing assistance [...]
Long Term Care is Too Costly says Report
The cost of financing long-term care (LTC) through Medicaid is on track to become “a crippling burden” for New York State unless steps are taken to reform the program, a report issued today by the Empire Center for New York State Policy warns. The report, written by Stephen A. Moses, suggests that New York’s Medicaid [...]
LTC Rates Can Vary Over 40% Depending on Provider says Report
A report shows that consumer rates for long term care insurance protection could vary by between 41-to-48% depending on the provider. The study, published by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI) found a 55-year-old couple purchasing long-term care insurance protection can expect to pay $2,350-per-year (combined) for about $338,000 of current benefits ($169,000 each) which will grow [...]
