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| The Complexities of Comparing Medicare Choices New York Times (blog) The roughly 50 million Americans covered by the federal Medicare program have a choice of receiving their benefits under the traditional, free-choice, fee-for-service Medicare program or from a private, managed-care Medicare Advantage plan. The private ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Maryland misses latest Medicare waiver goal Baltimore Business Journal The Medicare waiver allows Maryland to set its own hospital rates and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pays those rates — even if the rates are higher than what the program pays elsewhere. A major condition of the deal is that Maryland ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Settlement Over Alleged False Medicare Claims Reached Cleveland News - Fox 8 ELYRIA, Ohio — A multi-million dollar settlement is reached between the federal government and a local hospital and physicians group. Federal prosecutors say they submitted false claims to Medicare. EMH Medical Center in Elyria has agreed to pay the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Will the New Congress Save Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid or Cut ... Huffington Post (blog) Members of the 113th Congress have now taken their oaths of office but their day of congratulatory celebrations and receptions will soon be a distant memory as a series of self-induced fiscal "crises" will demand this new Congress' full attention. Over ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Letters: Tweaking Medicare's fee-for-service model Los Angeles Times Your premise, switching from a Medicare fee-for-service payment model, does not take into account multiple variables physicians must consider. Putting financial burdens on doctors for better results ignores social factors, including personal compliance. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Scammers claim to help with new Medicare cards River Falls Journal MADISON – State officials warn consumers to hang up on scammers who tell them they need a replacement Medicare card. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently received a complaint from a senior ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deal pulls Medicare from the fiscal cliff Kansas City Business Journal In a last-minute fiscal cliff deal, Congress passed legislation Jan. 1 that staved off a 26.5 percent cut to Medicare physician payments — but it also saddled hospitals with financing much of the cost. Had a deal not been reached, sequestration cuts ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare card scam hitting Wisconsin seniors, state says 77Square.com The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said on Friday that this is a scam, with the scammers only wanting to get the victim's personal information, including bank account numbers. "The scammers are calling themselves ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 1-year postponement in Medicare reimbursement cuts included in fiscal cliff ... Chiropractic Economics January 4, 2013 — The president signed fiscal cliff legislation Wednesday containing a one-year delay in a scheduled cut in reimbursement for Medicare providers, including doctors of chiropractic. The legislation will block a 27-percent payment cut to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Daily Kos: Republican U.S. senator: Cut Medicare ... or we'll shut ... By rss@dailykos.com (Jed Lewison) If we don't reduce spending and reform our three biggest entitlement programs - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - then we will strangle economic growth, destroy jobs and reduce our standard of living. With the national debt above $16 ... Daily Kos | ||
| Does the fiscal-cliff deal mean Medicare is doomed? - The Economist By M.S. SORRY to post one of those headlines that belong in "Questions to which the answer is no", but it's not me who's raising the issue; it's James Kwak and Ross Douthat.... Democracy in America | ||
| Political Animal - House GOPers Fighting For Your Medicare By Ed Kilgore What's really maddening is that IPAB—following the overall thrust of Obamacare—is designed to secure savings not just for Medicare but for the entire health care system by encouraging better medicine, not reductions in health coverage for ... Political Animal | ||
| Medicare Participation Enrollment Deadline Extended to February 15 By webmaster@aan.com (Webmaster) Due to the uncertainty surrounding physician payment, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended their Annual Participation Enrollment Period until February 15, 2013. Any changes to participation status must be ... American Academy of Neurology News | ||
| Uwe Reinhardt explains the complexities in pricing of Medicare ... By Don McCanne MD The roughly 50 million Americans covered by the federal Medicare program have a choice of receiving their benefits under the traditional, free-choice, fee-for-service Medicare program or from a private, managed-care Medicare Advantage ... PNHP's Official Blog |
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