More than nine out of 10 nursing homes in the United States last year were cited for violating federal health and safety standards, according to a report released Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.

How to jump-start the economy is a big topic these days. This week, Democrats returned to a familiar stimulus theme: increasing the share of federal Medicaid payments.

Surrogates for presidential hopefuls John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D) spelled out their respective nominees' views on the future of long-term care in the United States at the third annual Long-Term Care Symposium in Washington this week.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hopes that a new online guide for Medicare beneficiaries and healthcare providers will be a "one-stop shop" for information on coverage, coding and payment.

The draft of the Republican party's 2008 platform calls for new non-institutional long-term care options.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released a tool for states that want to integrate and coordinate Medicare and Medicaid services for dual-eligible beneficiaries.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a draft Comparison Crosswalk to aid in the transition between MDS 2.0 and MDS 3.0.

The U.S. healthcare delivery system may not be equipped to handle the expected growth in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new report by Avalere Health.

Many lawmakers are outraged after allegations surfaced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services misled Congress into thinking it had significantly reduced the number of fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment (DME).

The Democratic Party has included long-term care reform as a plank in its policy platform.