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Exposure to pro-smoking media message increases college students' risk of using tobacco for 7 days

Exposure to a single pro-smoking media message increases college-aged students' risk of using tobacco for seven days, providing new clues about the influence of media on smoking, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

18 Nov 2013

Kindred Healthcare to acquire Synergy Home Care

Synergy Home Care, a premier home health care provider that operates through 17 locations in Louisiana, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Kindred Healthcare, Inc. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013, pending regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

16 Nov 2013

Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plan website launches new seminar search tool

Kaiser Permanente's highly rated Medicare health plan website, kp.org/medicare, has launched a new feature that is designed to help seniors find information more easily and conveniently.

12 Nov 2013

Research roundup: Pricing and the SHOP exchange; health use in rural vs. urban areas; the health law and AIDS care

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

11 Nov 2013

Humana offers perspective on how botched Healthcare.gov rollout has affected insurance industry

In a Wednesday call with investors, the company's chief operating officer said Humana assumes that, because of the website problems, the government will extend the open enrollment period beyond its current March 31 cutoff. The insurer also scaled back its estimates of how many people will sign up for new coverage options.

8 Nov 2013

State highlights: Officials seek public watchdog for health system money

Republicans cite their 2.5-point defeat in the Virginia governor's race as proof that Ken Cuccinelli would have reversed his fortunes if he'd hammered earlier and longer on Obamacare, an issue the attorney general said tightened the contest in its final days (Davis and McCormick, 11/7).

8 Nov 2013

Brookdale Senior Living's total revenue increases $32.9 million in third quarter 2013

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. today reported financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2013.

6 Nov 2013

Home Instead CAREGivers offer advice for families caring for seniors at home

This November, in recognition of National Family Caregivers Month, Home Instead Senior Care® has some helpful advice for the 43 million Americans currently caring for family members.* The leading global provider of home care services for seniors polled its top professional CAREGivers(SM) – recipients of its annual CAREGiver of the Year award – for their best caregiving tips.

5 Nov 2013

HSS study shows exercise program helps reduce arthritis pain for Asian seniors

Experts say it's never too late to reap the benefits of exercise, and a program offered in New York City senior centers is improving quality of life for many older adults.

5 Nov 2013

New Dementia Service Center established as pilot project

In Germany, approximately 1.3 million people currently suffer from dementia. About 250,000 incident cases are estimated per year. Dementia is the leading cause of dependency and disability among older persons.

30 Oct 2013

Medicare Part B premium costs will hold steady in 2014

For the upcoming year, premiums will be $104.90 a month. In 2013, beneficiaries experienced a $5-per-month increase.

30 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 29, 2013

Today's headlines include previews of a Capitol Hill hearing that will feature Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serivces Administrator Marilyn Tavenner.

29 Oct 2013

UnitedHealthcare cuts doctors from Medicare Advantage plans

UnitedHealthcare is dropping 10 to 15 percent of its doctors from Medicare Advantage plans around the nation, a move that will force some seniors to find new doctors or change plans.

29 Oct 2013

New York's Liberty Health Advantage wins 2014 Senior Choice Gold Award

New York's Liberty Health Advantage is the sole New York City metro area recipient of the 2014 Senior Choice Gold Award for its Preferred Choice Medicare Advantage plan.

28 Oct 2013

McGill online game expands to connect global scientific community with citizen scientists

Over the past three years, 300,000 gamers have helped scientists with genomic research by playing Phylo, an online puzzle game. Now J-r-me Waldisp-hl, the McGill computer science professor and his colleagues, who developed the game are making this crowd of players available to scientists around the globe.

25 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: 'Unforced error' on marketplace website raises questions about administration's handling of health issues; Obama's 'desperate sales pitch;' GOP's faux concerns for exchanges

Anyone who supports the plan to cover Americans who couldn't get health insurance has to hope the administration quickly gets it right. But you can't help but wonder: Where was all this frantic effort in the three-and-a-half years from the time Obama signed the health law to the day the exchanges opened on Oct. 1?

From Quest Diagnostics 23 Oct 2013

Obama admits Healthcare.gov problems, but says health law is bigger than the Web site

In a Rose Garden speech, President Barack Obama said there was "no excuse" for the bungled rollout of the online health insurance marketplaces and promised that the difficulties would be ironed out.

23 Oct 2013

CCTSI receives $48.4M grant from NIH to continue seamless, safe translation of biomedical research

Research has found that what is most important to an aging senior citizen is independence. A collaborative study through the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) and the Center for African American Health is working with African American women to discuss the importance of walking.

23 Oct 2013

Learning mentally challenging skills may help improve memory in older people, says study

Seniors who step outside their comfort zones could be enhancing their memories beyond those who stick with what they know.

22 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: HHS officials must tell Congress, citizens what is happening to marketplaces; 'rate shock' didn't materialize; problems with medical credit cards

The Affordable Care Act's botched rollout has stunned its media cheering section, and it even seems to have surprised the law's architects. The problems run much deeper than even critics expected, and whatever federal officials, White House aides and outside contractors are doing to fix them isn't working. But who knows? ... Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is even refusing to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a hearing this coming Thursday. ... The department is also refusing to make available lower-level officials who might detail the source or sources of this debacle (10/18).

22 Oct 2013

Seniors News and Research

Exposure to pro-smoking media message increases college students' risk of using tobacco for 7 days

Kindred Healthcare to acquire Synergy Home Care

Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plan website launches new seminar search tool

Research roundup: Pricing and the SHOP exchange; health use in rural vs. urban areas; the health law and AIDS care

Humana offers perspective on how botched Healthcare.gov rollout has affected insurance industry

State highlights: Officials seek public watchdog for health system money

Brookdale Senior Living's total revenue increases $32.9 million in third quarter 2013

Home Instead CAREGivers offer advice for families caring for seniors at home

HSS study shows exercise program helps reduce arthritis pain for Asian seniors

New Dementia Service Center established as pilot project

Medicare Part B premium costs will hold steady in 2014

First Edition: October 29, 2013

UnitedHealthcare cuts doctors from Medicare Advantage plans

New York's Liberty Health Advantage wins 2014 Senior Choice Gold Award

McGill online game expands to connect global scientific community with citizen scientists

Viewpoints: 'Unforced error' on marketplace website raises questions about administration's handling of health issues; Obama's 'desperate sales pitch;' GOP's faux concerns for exchanges

Obama admits Healthcare.gov problems, but says health law is bigger than the Web site

CCTSI receives $48.4M grant from NIH to continue seamless, safe translation of biomedical research

Learning mentally challenging skills may help improve memory in older people, says study

Viewpoints: HHS officials must tell Congress, citizens what is happening to marketplaces; 'rate shock' didn't materialize; problems with medical credit cards

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