Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes
Persistent fatigue ā the feeling of having no energy ā can contribute to frailty and affects 40% to 74% of older patients with chronic illness. Yet its causes can be elusive.
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States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees
At least eight states have implemented or are considering limits on what patients can be billed for the use of a hospitalās facilities even without having stepped foot in the building.
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Banning Noncompete Contracts for Medical Staff Riles Hospitals
Itās about the money ā on both sides ā as arguments swirl about patient safety, rising prices, and paying back on-the-job training.
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Being āSocially Frailā Comes With Health Risks for Older Adults
Researchers are identifying new ways to assess older adultsā social circumstances and identify risks that can compromise their health. āItās a more complete picture of older adultsā circumstances than any one factor alone,ā one expert said.
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End of Covid Emergency Will Usher in Changes Across the US Health System
The May 11 expiration of the federal governmentās pandemic emergency declaration will affect patient care across a broad range of settings, including telemedicine, hospitals, and nursing homes.
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Mental Health Care by Video Fills Gaps in Rural Nursing Homes
In-person mental health care is hard to arrange in rural nursing homes, so video chats with faraway professionals are filling the gap.
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Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Donāt Get Help. Hereās Why.
Older people often arenāt being screened for anxiety disorders, even though it is a common affliction ā one masked by other problems when growing old.
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After People on Medicaid Die, Some States Aggressively Seek Repayment From Their Estates
States take drastically different approaches to recovering Medicaid money from deceased participantsā estates. Demands for repayment of Medicaid spending can drain the assets a person leaves behind, depending on where they lived.
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Californiaās Massive Medicaid Program Works for Some, but Fails Many Others
Medi-Cal serves more than one-third of the stateās population ā offering a dizzying range of care to a diverse population. In the new āFaces of Medi-Calā series, California Healthline will assess the programās strengths and weaknesses through the lives and experiences of its enrollees.
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Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered
California has enrolled into Medi-Cal more than 300,000 older immigrant adults lacking legal residency since May, but the state doesnāt know how many more might be eligible. Community workers are now searching for them.
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Dementia Care Programs Help, If Caregivers Can Find Them
Programs assisting people with dementia ā and their caregivers ā improve quality of life and care. But millions of unpaid family and friend caregivers may not know where or how to find help.
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California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
Rather than simply reward top-performing facilities, the stateās Medicaid program will hand bonuses to nursing homes ā even low-rated ones ā for hiring more workers and reducing staff turnover.
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Montana Seeks to Insulate Nursing Homes From Future Financial Crises
Lawmakers are considering creating standards to set Medicaid reimbursement rates. But industry observers wonder whether the move would be too little, too late to bolster a beleaguered industry.
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Proposed Medicare Advantage Changes Cannot Accurately Be Called ‘Cuts,’ Experts Say
CMS advanced two proposed changes that could affect Medicare Advantage plans. One would allow the government to recover past overpayments. As a result, it could reduce those insurersā profits, leading them to increase enrollees' out-of-pocket costs or reduce benefits. But it's inaccurate to characterize the changes as "cuts."
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A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
The First Step Act was supposed to help free terminally ill and aging federal inmates who pose little or no threat to public safety. But while petitions for compassionate release skyrocketed during the pandemic, judges denied most requests.
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Your Money or Your Life: Patient on $50,000-a-Week Cancer Drug Fears Leaving Behind Huge Medical Debt
When Medicare stops paying for a pricey drug that prolongs life, an Ohio man considers giving up treatment to spare his family enormous debt.
By Fred Schulte A Health-Heavy State of the Union
Episode 284President Joe Bidenās 2023 State of the Union address leaned heavily on health care issues. Biden took a victory lap for recent accomplishments like capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. He also urged Congress to make permanent the boosted premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and he sparred with Republicans on threats to cut Social Security and Medicare. Also this week, both sides in the abortion debate are bracing for a court decision out of Texas that could, at least temporarily, make the abortion pill mifepristone illegal nationwide. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Kate Baicker of the University of Chicago about a possible middle ground in the effort to get universal health insurance coverage.
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āWe Aināt Gonna Get Itā: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
As he takes the reins of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, the independent from Vermont and implacable champion of āMedicare for Allā maps out his strategy for negotiating with Republicans ā and Big Pharma.
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As Long-Term Care Staffing Crisis Worsens, Immigrants Can Bridge the Gaps
The industry has long relied on immigrants to bolster its ranks, and theyāll be critical to meeting future staffing needs, experts say. But as the baby boom generation fills beds, policymakers are slow to open new pathways for foreign workers.
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Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated
As the federal government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected. āA dog would get better care than he did,ā one residentās wife said.
By Jordan Rau