Increasing reimbursement rates and expanding training programs are a few ways to shore up care, write R.I. doctors.

Two Trump administration regulatory rollbacks affect nursing home staffing and home care workers, and a new AI experiment in Medicare has alarmed eldercare advocates and congressional Democrats.

Nearly six million seniors owe extra Medicare premiums called Irmaa, and these charges are set to rise.

Compelling new research demonstrates that higher daily Medicaid rates drive nursing homes to increase staffing and make them more likely to achieve higher overall ratings, regardless of whether ...

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) will fall out of network for UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage on Jan. 26, the ...

When a spouse dies, many retirees discover a new burden at tax time: higher ...

Financial penalties for Medicare readmissions have hit some hospitals harder than they should, for a seemingly unrelated reason: They happen to serve higher percentages of older adults who have chosen ...

For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal ...

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, will exit UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage network Jan. 26, following a contract dispute between the two organizations ...

A study finds that Pennsylvania hospitals are hard-pressed by comparison with facilities elsewhere in the U.S.

Vermont remains one of the states with the highest health care costs in the nation, a reality that lawmakers from both sides ...

Rep. Juan Ciscomani of Arizona’s 6th District is committed to advancing bipartisan solutions to address the challenges facing ...