Medicare Open Enrollment is happening now: it runs from October 15 to December 7. Now is the time to check whether your supplement and Part D plans are the right ones for you. For help with the research, you can visit www.medicare.gov and you can also make an appointment with the SHINE...

The answer is – it depends. If there is an emergency and you are unable to express your wishes, even if you have advanced medical directives or a health care proxy in place, the Emergency Medical Technicians or Paramedics responding to the call are obligated to stabilize you and transport you to the nearest appropriate...

For many years, Medicare has stopped paying for therapies or skilled care once the patient stopped improving, or plateaud.  This is not what the regulations say, but somehow that became the practice across the country. In December, the good folks at the Medicare Advocacy Project fought and won against this trend, and a federal...

Every day, families of nursing home patients are told that Medicare coverage will be ending in a day or two, because the patient is no longer “improving.”  Well, that has never been what the Medicare regulations say, but somehow, that has become the common practice across the country. The good folks at the Medicare...

Medicare payment structure will be changing.  Historically, even though Medicare is supposed to pay for anyone needing skilled care, they've been cutting patients off when they "plateau" - so if therapy is no longer going to help you improve, Medicare stops paying (even though their regulations say otherwise).  Now, this class-action law suit out...