Medicaid Rules

A federal appeals court has ruled that 230,000 Medicare Part D beneficiaries who were erroneously mailed a premium r...

Since Congress passed a law designed to improve the quality of nursing homes 20 years ago, nursing homes have improved, but there are still a lo...

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that its Web site comparing nursing homes will now identify facilities ...

A report by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that the use of restraints in nursing homes has declined 40 percent in ...

Two lawyer/CPAs counsel seniors on how to get the most out of their income during retirement.

A recently released study of Medicaid-financed nursing home use over 18 months in 2001 and 2002 finds that in states such as Oregon that have ex...

Seniors can benefit from the economic stimulus law enacted on February 13, 2008, but they need to file an income tax return. Seniors, disabled v...

An attorney specializing in elder care and estate planning provides detailed and practical information on how Medicaid works and the strategies for qualifying for it to pay long-term care costs (2009 edition updated through Jan. 1, 2009).