As we approach the annual enrollment period (AEP) for 2025, the Medicare industry is undergoing changes that could set this ...

Some 98% of hospitals in the survey reported that Medicare Advantage prior authorization requirements negatively ... the plans aren’t securing adequate skilled nursing or post-acute care ...

Additionally, 98% of hospitals reported that Medicare Advantage prior-authorization requirements negatively ... with insurers sending and resending documentation,” Nordquist added.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster declared a State of Emergency on September 25, 2024, to prepare for Hurricane Helene.

The sale of one of Iowa’s largest nursing home chains has reportedly been completed, with 29 care facilities now in the hands ...

The Medicaid and Medicare rule will establish the first minimum number of staff required in skilled and standard ... nurses are available to meet the new requirements. According to Latham, much ...

It’s no secret that the cost of living is being felt by everyone, but now is a great time to be searching for a new role in ...

A Senate report published Thursday blasts the nation’s three largest Medicare Advantage insurers for increasingly limiting access to post-acute care and forcing vulnerable patients into “impossible ...

Skilled nursing operators unnerved by what they see as excessive information demands for a new, off-cycle Medicare ...

Learn what to do when Medicare coverage for skilled nursing care ends, including what’s covered and options for what to do ...