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Aging
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Caring for an aging prison population presents challenges for all communities
With an increasingly aging prison population, how to care for inmates with chronic illnesses or other infirmities and those at…
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GAO confirms Center for Public Integrity’s findings on Medicare Advantage overspending
In a report last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirmed what Fred Schulte and other journalists at the Center…
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New tip sheet details updates to Older Americans Act
May is Older Americans Month. It’s a perfect time to focus on programs and services funded through the Older Americans…
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Indiana project to reduce hospitalization of nursing home residents gets boost
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) thinks Indiana University may be on to something when it comes to…
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Knees and hips and what they could reveal about ACA’s quality drive
The Affordable Care Act created many opportunities for Medicare to test new ways of paying for health care. One of…
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AHCJ update: Three years of Medicare provider payment data for your state
In 2014, Medicare paid more than $78 billion to surgeons, ambulance services, podiatrists, hospice services, eye doctors, family physicians, speech,…
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Scientific summit explores the ‘disease drivers’ of aging
A large geroscience meeting in New York last month made me wish I had paid closer attention in my high…
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Mental health issues of older adults can go beyond depression
The National Council on Aging defines mental disorders as “health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood or…
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Aging brains benefit from higher intensity physical exercise, study indicates
More confirmation on the benefits of exercise for older adults. In a recent study, those who reported doing little to…
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Choices earlier in life are key to aging well, retaining functional ability #AHCJ16
Saturday’s “Aging well” panel at Health Journalism 2016 featured what might well be a first for the Association of Health…