From USA Today — For more than a decade, Kendrick Gills lived off a dead man. He stole more than $500,000 in benefits from a deceased relative over 14 years, tricking the government into thinking the man was alive and living with him. When the feds caught on and...
From DisabilityScoop.com — After officials in the last holdout state enacted a new rule, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. have mandates that require some level of insurance coverage for the treatment of autism. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance now...
From DisabilityScoop.com — The U.S. Department of Education is weighing in after confusion forced some students with disabilities to withdraw from or forgo applying to postsecondary programs. The federal agency issued a question-and-answer guide this week specifying...
From The Military Times — Veterans unemployment rose for the fourth consecutive month in August, and the jobless rate for younger veterans was higher than the national figure for the first time since January. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates released...
From The Military Times — A recent federal court decision could dramatically expand veterans education benefits by allowing them an extra year of tuition assistance if they qualify for both the Post-9/11 GI Bill program and the older Montgomery GI Bill payouts....
From CMS.com — CMS offers broad support for Florida with Hurricane Dorian preparation The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced efforts underway to support Florida in response to Hurricane Dorian. Today, Health and Human Services...
From DisabilityScoop.com — After the widespread success of state insurance mandates for autism treatment, a grassroots effort is underway to do the same for other developmental disabilities. This summer, Missouri became the third state to pass a law requiring...
From Time Magazine — More and more studies are showing how regular exercise benefits the brain, and in particular, the aging brain. What’s less clear is how exactly exercise counters the cognitive decline that comes with aging and diseases like Alzheimer’s. To find...
From KFF, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation — The affordability of prescription drugs is a pressing concern for many Americans, with broad agreement across the political spectrum that lowering prescription drug costs should be a top priority for Congress. The...
From McKnight’s Long-Term Care News — It’s no secret that the long-term care industry has been facing a talent supply-and-demand crisis for some time. Along with an aging population that increasingly requires healthcare services, there continues to be a...
