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Saturday, December 22, 2012

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Medicare Lists Hospital Quality Bonuses
MedPage Today
Medicare on Thursday disclosed bonuses and penalties for nearly 3,000 hospitals as it ties almost $1 billion in payments to the quality of care provided to patients. The revised payments, which will begin in January, mark the federal government's most ...
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Who Pays for More Means Testing in Medicare? The Middle Class
Huffington Post (blog)
Without action, on January 1st the nation will begin to slide down what many economists call the "fiscal slope." If taxes go up for working and middle class Americans alongside drastic spending cuts, experts predict the economy will eventually slide ...
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Don't ruin Medicare Part D
San Antonio Express
I join many other senior advocates in a watchful position regarding Medicare's prescription drug coverage plan, known as Medicare Part D. We are deeply concerned about a proposal in Congress to overhaul and seriously undermine Part D. More than 30 ...
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Medicare's Influential Chief Actuary to Retire
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Richard S. Foster, who as chief actuary of the Medicare program for the last 18 years nettled presidents of both parties with his projections of rapid growth in federal health care spending, will retire next month, the Obama ...
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Medicare ID bill passes House
USA TODAY
The move follows an investigation in October that found more than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are potential victims of identity theft, but that they can't get new ID cards. MORE: Medicare won't issue new IDs to identity-theft victims ...
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12 Days of Obamacare Surprises: More Medicare Cuts
Heritage.org (blog)
Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning into unfortunately different realities. For the next five days, Heritage is going to highlight one of the various changes in Obamacare projections (e.g. cost ...
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Guest opinion: Allow Medicaid, Medicare to bargain with pharmaceutical ...
The Spokesman Review
I'm the son of Texas ranchers, the member of a military family and a former social worker with the Veterans Administration, and I believe in preserving and strengthening Medicaid, Medicare and care for veterans. Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress ...
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Higher costs for Medicare beneficiaries in 2013
MarketWatch
Higher costs for Medicare beneficiaries in 2013. By Neil Downing. Higher-income Americans face higher costs starting next month related to the federal Medicare health insurance program. And the higher costs will arrive regardless of what happens ...
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Local hospitals earn Medicare bonuses
KPCnews.com
Two local hospitals will receive bonuses from Medicare for the quality of their care, according to a report released Thursday. DeKalb Health in Auburn will see a bonus of 0.21 percent in Medicare reimbursements, and Parkview Noble Hospital in ...
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