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| Hospital Readmissions for U.S. Medicare Patients Decline Bloomberg Hospital readmission rates for Medicare patients are dropping after increasing for more than five years as the 2010 U.S. health-care law begins levying penalties for excessive numbers of repeat patient visits. Thirty-day readmission rates fell to 17.8 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Insurers: Nearly all seniors happy with Medicare Advantage The Hill (blog) "These steep cuts to Medicare Advantage will result in seniors losing the benefits they like and rely on today," said Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of AHIP, in a statement Thursday. The survey, commissioned by AHIP, found extremely high satisfaction ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Paid $5.1 Billion for Inadequate Nursing Homes Bloomberg Medicare, the U.S. health program for the elderly and disabled, paid $32.2 billion to nursing homes in the 2012 fiscal year. The inspector general today recommended that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services strengthen regulations on care ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Humana to keep growing with Medicare, new CEO says The Courier-Journal In 2012, Humana got about $25 billion — or 64 percent of its revenue — from Medicare Advantage, a program whereby the federal government pays insurers a fixed amount to provide health care for seniors who sign up for the company's coverage. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| LETTER: Make Voice Heard On Medicare Survey Hartford Courant If you have Medicare coverage, you may receive the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey in the coming weeks, giving you an opportunity to rate your satisfaction with your Medicare health insurance and doctors. The Centers for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New income limits released for Medicare's assistance programs Your Houston News Recognizing that health care costs can be a big part of older and disabled Texans' budgets, Medicare has assistance programs and Texas Health and Human Services Commission just released the new income limits for the programs. Benefits counselors ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| No Ruckus About Medicare Cuts in Sequester Jackson Free Press Automatic cuts taking effect Friday — the "sequester" in Washington-speak — would reduce Medicare spending by about $100 billion over a decade. But Obama had put on the table $400 billion in health care cuts, mainly from Medicare. And Republicans ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Senate Hearing on Modernization Efforts for Medicare and Medicaid ... Jonathan Blum, the acting principal deputy administrator and director of the Center of Medicare at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on a progress report on the modernization of ... C-SPAN Recent Events | ||
| Medicare paid $5.1B for poor nursing home care - seattlepi.com SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by ... Business Heds Index |
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| CMS National Training Program | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ... The CMS National Training Program is celebrating its 17th year of excellence in providing consistent, accurate, and reliable information about the programs that ... www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Training/.../index.html | ||
| Medicare Needs Fixing, but Not Right Now - NYTimes.com New cost-saving methods have kindled hope among some scholars that Medicare could achieve savings just by cleaning out the health care system's waste. www.nytimes.com/.../medicare-needs-fixing-but-not-right-no... |
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