11+ hour, 38+ min ago  (710+ words) State officials are asking lawmakers to craft a bill that would allow the Department of Social Services to limit Medicaid payments for unionized nursing homes whose owners hire family members at inflated salaries. Medicaid reimbursements would be capped at the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (702+ words) A group of retirees from one of the state's largest utilities, led by a former top corporate officer, is protesting planned changes in health care benefits that they argue will "significantly harm" them and violates an agreement going back a…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1121+ words) Medicare Advantage " a type of Medicare plan administered by private companies as opposed to the federal government " has come under fire in recent years for denying and delaying seniors" access to certain care. James Russell, a former sociology professor at…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (638+ words) Two bills that would require nursing homes to devote 80% of their funds to the direct care of residents have moved through the Human Services Committee despite objections from industry leaders, advocates and a key state official. One proposal'would require facilities…...