“Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Log Almost 30% Fewer SNF Days Than Traditional Medicare,” by Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News     Quote: “A new report comparing health outcomes for beneficiaries of Medicare Advantage (MA) and those on traditional fee-for-service Medicare put hard numbers to the differences in skilled nursing facility stays between the two groups. The findings show that MA beneficiaries spend far fewer days in SNFs than those covered by traditional Medicare. Specifically, SNF stays were 29% lower per 1,000 MA members, compared with those enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare. … BMA is an organization that supports MA with
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  “GE Puts SEC Long-Term Care Insurance Probe Behind It,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor      Quote: “General Electric Company is moving to resolve a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over what the company did with bad news. GE has agreed to pay a $200 million penalty to the SEC and to give the agency regular reports, for one year, on efforts to improve accounting and disclosure controls, officials said. The investigation involved what GE said about earnings at its GE Power business, and how the company handled deteriorating forecasts about the future performance of its long-term care insurance (LTCI) reinsurance
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