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Thursday, December 20, 2012

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News10 new results for Medicare
 
27% Medicare Pay Cut For Doctors Real Danger In Fiscal Cliff
Forbes
Doctors face a 27 percent cut in payments from Medicare on Jan. 1. with Congress and the White House unable to come up with an agreement to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff -- or any other budgetary issues for that matter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) ...
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Forbes
Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees
Philadelphia Inquirer
Red lights illuminate Pennsylvania Avenue as the U.S. Capitol glows in the twilight, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, as talks continue on the looming fiscal cliff. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Audit of back braces reveals overcharges to Medicare
Newsday
A federal report released Wednesday offers a look at how wasteful spending drives up health care costs as investigators found that Medicare paid $919 on average for back braces that cost suppliers an average of $191 each. "The program and its ...
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Newsday
Prime Hospital Abruptly Stops Billing Medicare for Rare Ailment
NBC Bay Area
After billing Medicare for treating more than 1,100 cases of a rare affliction, a Prime Healthcare Services hospital in Redding abruptly stopped last year, state health records show. The change occurred soon after California Watch published a story ...
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HHS IG report: Medicare overspent millions on back braces
Daily Caller
Medicare payments for a standard type of back brace has been more than four times greater than the average cost to the supplier, according to a Department of Health and Human Services inspector general report released Wednesday. The average ...
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Daily Caller
New Poll: Seniors Concerned About Cuts to Medicare and More After Fiscal Cliff
Yahoo! News (blog)
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Generation America (GenerationAmerica.org), a national membership organization for Americans over 50, has surveyed its members to obtain their thoughts and opinions concerning the proposed ...
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WakeMed admits to false Medicare billing
Charlotte Observer
Prosecutors contend WakeMed routinely billed Medicare between 2000 and 2008 for inpatient stays for people who had gone to the Heart Center Observation Area, received treatment and been discharged the same day. Intake nurses often ignored physician ...
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Doctors could face 27 percent Medicare cut
Aiken Standard
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Medicare is warning doctors – and millions of elderly patients – that payments will be slashed next year unless Congress acts soon. The potential 27 percent cut to doctors effective Jan. 1 is the consequence of a 1990s budget law ...
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House Passes Bio-Threat Vaccines, Medicare Coverage Bills
Kaiser Health News
The House voted Wednesday to extend a program aimed at developing vaccines and other responses to bio-threats, along with other health-related bills, including one that could lead to Medicare coverage for home IVIG treatments. In a 383-16 vote, members ...
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Budget Deal Could Hike Medicare Premiums For Many
Investorplace.com
Medicare premiums could rise by increasing monthly premiums for prescription drug coverage and outpatient services on seniors with incomes over specified levels. Currently, individuals with annual incomes over $85,000 or couples with combined incomes ...
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Investorplace.com

Blogs2 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare 'Doc Fix' Hostage To Fiscal Cliff Negotiations - Kaiser ...
The Obama administration notified more than 1 million physicians Wednesday that their Medicare payment rate would be cut by 27 percent next month if Congress doesn't act to stop it. But proposals for a one-year patch and even a repeal of ...
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A good progressive counter-offer to Boehner: Lower the Medicare ...
By Gaius Publius
Seven progressive ways to raise the money Obama claims to want to raise.
AMERICAblog

Web1 new result for Medicare
 
Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON (AP) — They may not agree on much else, but there's a change to Medicare that President Barack Obama and Republicans ...
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