By jana on May 6, 2008 in Medicare, Medicaid and LTC | 0 Comments
The Social Security Administration just released an update on their Drug Costs webpage and it looks pretty good. It seems easy to navigate (easier than navigating Medicare itself) and full of useful information. They have online applications, a page that helps you discern if you qualify for benefits and several helpful booklets, pamphlets, and fact […]
By jana on Apr 21, 2008 in Medicare, Medicaid and LTC, Long Term Care Insurance | 1 Comment
Chicagoland Public Libraries kicked off their their annual Money Smart Week today with a session lead by Terry Savage. The session was a general financial planning presentation sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of Illinois so she covered a lot of basics for the common man. She discussed the questions we should ask ourselves for […]
By jana on Apr 3, 2008 in Medicare, Medicaid and LTC | 0 Comments
The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee is proposing changes to Medicare reimbursement to skilled nursing facilities that could lower payments to those facilities performing a high-volume of therapy related services.
The report recommends lower payments made by medicare based upon the efficiencies of scale that the Council has stated that any high volume provide should have achieved […]
By jana on Mar 25, 2008 in Medicare, Medicaid and LTC, Long Term Care | 0 Comments
The annual reports for Social Security and Medicare are out and what does that mean? Some are predicting some debating among presidential candidates and others are predicting not much difference from last year, but whatever the predictions, the fact remains that to be sure you have enough to retire and for your long term care, […]
