Medicare covers home hospital beds when medically necessary with a doctor’s order. Medicare Part B covers 80% of the cost, while Medicare Advantage (Part C) may cover more. A hospital bed is a bed ...

Annual changes in Medicare rules, costs and benefits can be challenging, but for the more than 68 million Americans 65 and ...

Assisted living communities, as mentioned above, provide support for individuals who don’t need medical care but who do need assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, ...

The federal government spent an estimated $7.7 billion more on swing-bed care in rural hospitals than it would have if patients received the same care in a skilled nursing facility, a federal watchdog ...

Medicare beneficiaries face higher costs, reduced services, and possible cuts to the program at large—but there’s good news ...

President Lyndon Johnson flips through the pages of the Medicare bill so former President Harry Truman can see it. Truman originally proposed the legislation. Since Congress passed the big tax and ...

The number of people paying Medicare surcharges continues to rise. Will you have to pay next year? For answers, check your ...