States long-term care partnership wins federal approval
The Washington State Health Care Authority, the legislature, Office of the Insurance Commissioner and the federal government have completed
changes in law, administrative rules and State Plan Amendments that will provide
some additional long-term care insurance options for individuals planning for their future care needs. Similar forms of the Washington State Long-Term Care Partnership, which ...
Measure Applications Partnership Submits Recommendations for Post-Acute Care and Long-Term Care to HHS
At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Measures Application Partnership (MAP), a public-private, multi-stakeholder group of healthcare leaders convened by the National Quality Forum, has submitted its recommendations on the improvement and coordination of care by post-acute care (PAC) and long-term care (LTC) providers. ...
Planning Employee Benefits for 2012? Five Reasons Why Long Term Care Insurance Should be at the Top of the List
EM-Power Services (http://www.longtermcarefacts.co) identifies why long term care insurance is now a critical employee benefit for organizations.Boston, MA (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 EM-Power Services (http://www.longtermcarefacts.co), a leading provider of long term care insurance employee benefits services for employers, has identified five reasons why long term care insurance is now a ...
How they voted
WASHINGTON — Here’s how Reps. Joe Donnelly and Peter Visclosky, Democrats, and Sens. Richard Lugar and Daniel Coats, Republicans, voted last week.HouseSTUDYING LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE: The House rejected an amendment sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee , D-Texas, to the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (H.R. 1173). The amendment would have kept the bill’s provision repealing ...
CONGRESS: How Inland representatives voted
LONG-TERM-CARE INSURANCE: Voting 267 for and 159 against, the House on Feb. 1 sent the Senate a bill to repeal the 2010 health law's section on long-term-care insurance. The program already had been shelved by the administration on grounds it would not pay for itself, as the law requires.