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A new study judging quality and access to elder care ranked all 50 states and named Iowa the top state in the country. 

As Medicaid negotiations successfully continue in various states, worries are already arising about how to sustain increases

For a variety of reasons, veterans homes just don’t typically seem to warm the hearts of those not directly involved. But not this week.

At least 19 states are actively implementing strategies to address direct care worker wages through reporting and/or enforcement mechanisms, a report issued this week by the National Governors Association...

Antipsychotics prescribing rates, for example, ranged from 62% for hospice beneficiaries in Oregon to 15% in Oklahoma, investigators say. Five states topped the prescriptions list.

Certain states are especially ripe for arthritis-related health interventions, a study of state data reveals.

The initiative will allow states and other U.S. jurisdictions to “staff, train and deploy” strike teams to help long-term care operations with known or suspected COVID-19 infections, CDC says.

U.S. to limit states’ access to COVID antibody treatments as demand rises … Aggressively reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors could mean 1.2 million fewer cases in 2050: experts … NIH launches nationwide...

Changes in state-level variation may reflect the response to national guidelines and federal policies on opioid use, investigators say.

The average U.S. case rate is falling, but almost a third of states have seen an increase, and one Kentucky facility’s outbreak shows how new COVID-19 variants and vaccination play a role in continued...