This study examines UnitedHealthcare’s Institutional Special Needs Plans and their association with hospital and skilled nursing facility use. Objectives: To evaluate the patterns of clinical service ...

Healthcare professionals create care plans to help manage conditions such as pulmonary embolism. Planning may help improve outcomes and prevent future occurrences of the condition. Care plans are an ...

The figures are bracing: About half of people turning age 65 will require some type of paid long-term care in their lifetimes. Women will need 3.7 years of care, on average, while males will need an ...

Interventions for COPD include a variety of care from various healthcare professionals. Part of that care is a detailed plan based on your needs and developed by a nurse or a respiratory therapist.

Medicare Part A may cover short-term skilled nursing care in a nursing home if specific requirements are met, such as a qualifying hospital stay and the need for daily skilled nursing care. Medicare ...