State Solutions: An Initiative to Improve Enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
State Solutions was designed to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs).
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Intensive Outreach Spurs Increase in MSP Enrollment in Louisiana
February 10, 2009 | Program Result
State officials in Louisiana estimated that some 250,000 people were eligible for Medicare Savings Programs, but only 135,600 participated, according to a fall 2004 newsletter of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
Mae, Temporarily Too Weak After Surgery to Keep House or Eat Properly
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
Before having heart surgery at the age of 78, Mae was content to live alone in an apartment, managing her diabetes, and doing all of her own cooking, cleaning and driving.
John Gets Back to His Life
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
John had chronic physical health problems and mental health issues so bad that he could barely get dressed.
Manual's Alzheimer's
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
Taking care of Manual, an 84-year-old senior with Alzheimer's disease, was more than his daughter Mary Jo and her mom, Maria, could handle. Reluctantly, they placed Manual in a nursing home.
Story of an Elder Couple, Both Disabled
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
For Richard and Bev, married 57 years, the task of raising hundreds of foster children over a lifetime was easy compared to dealing with the health problems they faced as they grew older.
Study Finds Patients Whose Medicare HMOs Close Face Higher Insurance Costs
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs examined how Medicare beneficiaries fared after their health maintenance organizations (HMOs) closed, forcing them to seek new insurance coverage.
Medicare Tests the Cost and Health Benefits of Tobacco-Cessation Programs for Seniors
January 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Connecticut Peer Review Organization held a Seniors and Smoking Conference to expand recruitment activities for the Medicare Stop Smoking Program, a federally funded demonstration project to test tobacco-cessation interventions as a Medicare benefit.
Cost Analysis Shows the Benefits of Disease Prevention Efforts Under Medicare
January 1, 2005 | Program Result
From July 2001 to the end of 2003, project staff with the Partnership for Prevention, Washington, produced nonpartisan and objective analyses of approaches to increase the emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion under Medicare.
New England Medical Center Analysis Shows No Difference in Health Outcomes Between Fee-for-Service Medicare and Medicare HMOs
April 1, 2005 | Program Result
In 2003 investigators at New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, collected four-year follow-up data from a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries under study since 1998 to examine differences in health outcomes related to physical and mental health and death for beneficiaries enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare versus those enrolled in Medicare HMOs.