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Atria Senior Living unveils new activities guide for employees living, working in Life Guidance Neighborhoods

Atria Senior Living Group, one of the nation's largest providers of independent living, assisted living and memory care services, announced today the launch of a new special edition book to benefit residents and employees living and working in the company's Life Guidance Neighborhoods.

20 Nov 2010

MHD signs agreement with Riverside Medical for integrated healthcare delivery system

Exactly one year after the approval of the Environmental Impact Report and Specific Plan by the March Joint Powers Authority, March HealthCare Development, LLC (MHD) has signed an agreement with the Riverside Medical Clinic (RMC) that will be the foundation for a new integrated healthcare delivery system on the March LifeCare campus.

20 Nov 2010

Health industry players offer insights, expectations about overhaul's impact

Republicans made major gains in the midterm election, running vowing to "repeal and replace" the health law passed with solely Democratic votes earlier this year.

20 Nov 2010

Liberator fourth fiscal quarter net revenue increases 51.5% from $7.586 million

Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc. today announced record net revenues of approximately $11.49 million for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2010, and $40.92 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

19 Nov 2010

HHS, AARP to provide tips for seniors to stay healthy during flu season

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Catherine Alicia Georges from AARP will lead an important webcast for seniors to discuss tips on how to stay healthy this flu season.

19 Nov 2010

Mass. regulators and nursing homes fight inappropriate medicating; officials deal with Hawaii doctor shortage

State regulators and the Massachusetts nursing home industry are launching a campaign today to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications for residents with dementia.

19 Nov 2010

Berwick's first hearing marked by strong defense of health law, GOP 'relative gentleness'

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief Dr. Donald Berwick survived his first Senate hearing yesterday by rebutting criticism of the health law and because Republicans were relatively gentle, The New York Times reports.

19 Nov 2010

Bipartisan task force recommends Medicare and Medicaid overhaul

Congress must overhaul Medicare and Medicaid and end tax-free health coverage to help bring the federal debt to manageable levels, a bipartisan task force said Wednesday.

19 Nov 2010

MFA reports that senior and Medicaid markets drive health enrollment gains

The nation's leading health insurers saw an aggregate increase of 363,000 members for the first six months of 2010. Declining commercial enrollment was offset primarily by gains in products offered to seniors and growth in Medicaid business. Administrative Services Only (ASO) enrollment gained 1.4 million members from December 2009 to June 2010. All of the leading health plans saw year-over-year profitability improvement.

18 Nov 2010

CDC data: Adults remain unvaccinated against preventable infectious illnesses

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that adults remain largely unvaccinated against preventable infectious illnesses.

18 Nov 2010

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launches projects to improve care, reduce cost

Kaiser Health News: "Promising fast action, the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is launching a series of initiatives aimed at improving medical care while reducing its cost, officials said Tuesday. ... In one initiative, eight states will participate in a Medicare demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness of doctors and other health professionals working 'in a more integrated fashion and receiving more coordinated payment,' according to CMS, the parent agency of the center and a part of the Department of Health and Human Services.

18 Nov 2010

New deficit report recommends seniors pay more for Medicare

Kaiser Health News staff writers Phil Galewitz and Jordan Rau report: "Offering the latest tough-love strategy to reduce the nation's debt, a panel of high-profile Republicans and Democrats is scheduled on Wednesday to recommend that Medicare beneficiaries pick up far more of their health care costs and the government substantially curb the amount both Medicare and Medicaid programs can grow in future years" (Galewitz and Rau, 11/16).

18 Nov 2010

TexanPlus HMO provides affordable access to cholesterol-lowering prescription drugs

TexanPlus HMO powered by CCRx, a Medicare Advantage plan offered through the Universal American's family of healthcare companies, will provide broad and affordable access to LIPITOR and CRESTOR, two popular cholesterol-lowering prescription drugs.

17 Nov 2010

Medicare roundup: Payment cuts irk healthcare industry; officials mull new prostate-cancer treatment

Doctors across the United States are taking a wait-and-see approach while Congress decides whether or not to allow a scheduled 23% cut in Medicare reimbursement rates to take effect on Dec. 1.

17 Nov 2010

Medicare open enrollment period starts today

Coming changes to Medicare will benefit some recipients but will make coverage more expensive for people with higher incomes. Thanks in part to this year's health care overhaul, everything from benefits and enrollment rules to the number of choices available will be affected beginning Jan. 1.

16 Nov 2010

Docs continue to worry about Medicare payment cuts while CMS updates ratings for Medicare Advantage plans

WBUR in Boston reports on Medicare payments to doctors and the sustainable growth rate, and "the latest installment of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act and attempts to rein in spending on health care for the elderly." Congress set up the rate formula for doctors pay. But medical costs increased at a greater rate than expected and "Congress started telling doctors they had to take a cut to make the formula work.

12 Nov 2010

Bristol-Myers Squibb announces first large-scale diabetes initiative to develop self-management program

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation today announced Together on Diabetes: Communities Uniting to Meet America's Diabetes Challenge, a 5-year, $100 million initiative to help patients living with type 2 diabetes better manage their disease beyond the doors of their doctor's office in their homes and communities and for the course of their disease.

12 Nov 2010

Calif. nurses emerge as political force; Iowa official under fire for strict policy on nursing home inspections; new 'homey' facilities for seniors increasing

One of California's most powerful political players these days is a Bay Area-based nurses' union, which helped torpedo Republican Meg Whitman's efforts to become governor and boosted the prospects of the eventual winning candidate, Democrat Jerry Brown.

12 Nov 2010

Kaiser Permanente announces 2011 plans for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries

Kaiser Permanente has announced its 2011 plans for individual Medicare-eligible beneficiaries, reflecting its commitment to continuing participation in Medicare in all its existing service areas in nine states and the District of Columbia.

12 Nov 2010

Elderly often have poor outcomes from surgery: Study

A new study has shown the ill effects of surgery in the elderly. Results of the Australian study shows that one in five older patients will suffer complications from surgery and one in 20 will die within 30 days. Lead author and Associate Professor David Story from the University of Sydney and his team looked at more than 4,100 patients aged over 70 for the study.

11 Nov 2010

Seniors News and Research

Atria Senior Living unveils new activities guide for employees living, working in Life Guidance Neighborhoods

MHD signs agreement with Riverside Medical for integrated healthcare delivery system

Health industry players offer insights, expectations about overhaul's impact

Liberator fourth fiscal quarter net revenue increases 51.5% from $7.586 million

HHS, AARP to provide tips for seniors to stay healthy during flu season

Mass. regulators and nursing homes fight inappropriate medicating; officials deal with Hawaii doctor shortage

Berwick's first hearing marked by strong defense of health law, GOP 'relative gentleness'

Bipartisan task force recommends Medicare and Medicaid overhaul

MFA reports that senior and Medicaid markets drive health enrollment gains

CDC data: Adults remain unvaccinated against preventable infectious illnesses

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation launches projects to improve care, reduce cost

New deficit report recommends seniors pay more for Medicare

TexanPlus HMO provides affordable access to cholesterol-lowering prescription drugs

Medicare roundup: Payment cuts irk healthcare industry; officials mull new prostate-cancer treatment

Medicare open enrollment period starts today

Docs continue to worry about Medicare payment cuts while CMS updates ratings for Medicare Advantage plans

Bristol-Myers Squibb announces first large-scale diabetes initiative to develop self-management program

Calif. nurses emerge as political force; Iowa official under fire for strict policy on nursing home inspections; new 'homey' facilities for seniors increasing

Kaiser Permanente announces 2011 plans for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries

Elderly often have poor outcomes from surgery: Study

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