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| Latest Medicare numbers bring ups, downs for local hospitals U-T San Diego Nine local hospitals are being rewarded and six are being penalized as part of a new Medicare program mandated by health reform that seeks to improve the quality of care while reducing cost. The money being reimbursed to the hospitals for Medicare ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Premium support' could resurface as a Medicare approach Newsworks.org Critics of the federal health insurance plan for the elderly say the next few months will bring several leverage points that could bring more serious discussions about overhauling the Medicare program. This week's fiscal cliff deal, and the compromise ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| House rules aim to block controversial healthcare board's Medicare cuts The Hill (blog) The rules package signals that Republicans might not bring up Medicare cuts recommended by the IPAB — blocking part of a politically controversial law, and resisting Medicare spending cuts. The rules could be challenged in court, because they seek to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cops: Fugitive behind $1 million Medicare fraud nabbed in Canada NBCNews.com (blog) Nwafor was convicted on two counts related to health-care fraud for submitting false claims to Medicare through his Los Angeles-based company in 2008. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, most of the claims were for power wheelchairs costing up ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fiscal cliff law shifts Medicare cuts to hospitals FierceHealthcare Although the legislation delays the Medicare cuts to physicians, it makes significant changes to Medicare hospitals. In short, the deal gives Medicare physicians some reprieve but leaves hospitals holding the bag, The Washington Post noted. The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fiscal deal gives Medicare more time to recover overpayments ModernHealthcare.com A little-noticed provision buried in the fiscal-cliff bill that President Barack Obama signed Wednesday will give Medicare officials the ability to take back an estimated $500 million in payments made to hospitals and physicians since 2007. The eight ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| No-cost tests for Medicare B recipients Newsday (subscription) The Supreme Court decision in June upholding the Affordable Care Act and the results of the presidential election in November mean health care reform -- or Obamacare -- has a feeling of permanence. Here's an update on some no-cost preventive tests and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hospitals to eat Medicare budget's 'doc fix Philadelphia Inquirer "Hospital Medicare payments continue to be viewed as a big bucket you can take a little bit out of with without making a difference," said Hopkins. "But you can die a death of a thousand cuts." As is always the case in federal budgeting, the numbers ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Part D: If it ain't broke, don't fix it (Submitted op-ed) al.com (blog) Given the smorgasbord of issues Congress has piled onto its plate for the next round of fiscal cliff negotiations, we should all convey this message, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Go back to the negotiating table, focus your energies on addressing ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Daily Kos: Washington Makes It Clear: Medicare Will Now Be ... By rss@dailykos.com (NCPSSM) Even so, there was good news in this deal for seniors including: the end of the Social Security payroll tax holiday (which should never have been implemented in the first place), a one year doc fix preventing a massive cut in doctors' Medicare ... Recent | ||
| North Adelaide Medicare Local crisis? | Croakey By Jennifer Doggett Croakey has received information that the Board of North Adelaide Medicare Local has been rolled and all staff locked out of office over the Christmas/New Year break. We have been unable to obtain any further information about this situation ... Croakey |
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| Temporary Medicare Payment Patch Limps Home, AAFP Calls The AAFP again is calling on Congress to repeal the sustainable growth rate formula after lawmakers approved a one-year extension of the Medicare physician ... www.aafp.org/online/en/home/.../20130102budgetdeal.html | ||
| Cuts to Some Medicare Payments Provide Offsets for 'Doc Fix' : Roll ... The Senate-passed fiscal cliff bill would block for one year a scheduled 27 percent cut in reimbursements for Medicare physicians, paid for by familiar cuts and ... www.rollcall.com/.../cuts_to_some_medicare_payments_provi... | ||
| What's New with Medicare in 2013 Check out what's in store for people with Medicare in 2013. www.ncoa.org/enhance.../whats-new-with-medicare-in.html |
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