More Health Policy this week! Today, we discuss “SNPs” but this is not a podcast about haircuts during the pandemic.…
Investor money and venture capital funding is pouring into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Enrollment in MA plans has more than…
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD I’m going to acknowledge up front that this is a rant. One of the skilled nursing…
Consider this scenario: You are getting older, and are concerned about the costs of nursing homes and long term care.…
So you have been working hard to keep your New Year’s resolutions. Why not add one more resolution this year…
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD The patient was elderly and was hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation. Fortunately, her breathing problems were…
Dear Insurance Company Executives: Our hearts go out to you. Many in the public simply do not understand how hard…
In the most recent Sunday New York Times, Jane Gross gives a devastating critiqueof Medicare’s Failure to support the needs…
Today is Medicare’s 45th birthday. Despite its faults and limitations, without Medicare coverage, much of what we do in the…
There is very eloquent letter from Richard Stefanacci and colleagues in the June edition of the Journal of the American…