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New Rule Requires Homebound Medicare Patients to See Doctors
Doctors must now meet face-to-face with their patients who are receiving home health care if the patient's visits are to be reimbursed . . .
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Economists Say That Tightening Medicaid Rules Would Barely Increase Demand for Private Insurance
It is sometimes claimed that reducing the amount of assets an individual can keep while qualifying for Medicaid would increase . . . ...
Read moreChildren Conceived After a Parent's Death Are Challenging Estate Plans and Laws
Advances in fertility treatments and the storage of embryos and sperm mean that children can be born long after a parent has died . . .
Read moreNew Rules Would Give Home Health Care Workers Wage Protections
The Obama Administration is proposing to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to home health care workers . . .
Read moreInsurance Agent Given Jail Time for Selling Annuity to Elderly Woman With Dementia
A California insurance agent has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman who allegedly . . . ...
Read moreReverse Mortgage Borrowers Are Getting Younger, Which May Not Be a Good Thing
The age of reverse mortgage borrowers is dropping, according to a new study by MetLife. . .
Read moreHow Bad Off Is the Nursing Home Industry?
Some nursing homes are reaping profits at the same time that many are cutting back on care workers . . . ...
Read moreStates May Now Extend Medicaid's Spousal Protections to Same-Sex Partners
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will now permit states to give Medicaid. . .
Read moreAARP Sues Government Over Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures
Charging that reverse mortgage borrowers were caught in what amounts to a regulatory bait and switch, the AARP . . .
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