The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing on ways to improve access to quality post-acute care.

Delays experienced during a patient’s discharge to a post-acute care facility are one of the biggest challenges facing hospitals in the U.S., according to a report published April 30 by the American ...

and paid hefty out-of-pocket bills after receiving coverage denials for care in post-acute facilities. UnitedHealthcare is the nation’s largest seller of Medicare Advantage health plans ...

I am concerned because my mother lives in an assisted living facility and her primary care doctor uses the telehealth service ...

Not surprisingly, lower agency nurse use has reduced expenses. More unexpected, however, is the company’s open embrace of ...

Medicare beneficiaries, especially patients with frailty and those discharged to skilled nursing facilities after ...

More than 700 hospitals will soon be accountable for both the cost and quality of care for Medicare patients undergoing ... hospitals must act now to enhance post-acute care transitions ...

Republicans in Congress have made a lot of noise about eliminating “waste and fraud” in federal health-care ... coverage more efficiently than government-run, fee-for-service Medicare.

Enrollment in Medicare coverage without out-of-pocket protections was associated with a higher likelihood of reporting cost and access barriers to care.

Coverage by the MACs follows the Centers for Medicare ... point-of-care differentiation between bacterial and non-bacterial infections – a critical capability given that most acute respiratory ...