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| Couple sentenced in Medicare fraud The Advocate Former Baton Rouge business owners Young Okoro Anyanwu and Beatrice Anyanwu were sentenced Friday to federal prison after admitting they defrauded Medicare and an insurance company of a combined total of $485,552. The married couple ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare's observation status is unfair to patients Albany Times Union The article noted that hospitals are increasingly placing patients on "observation" status in response to federal pressure to reduce overall Medicare spending. Medicare is imposing stiff financial penalties on hospitals that admit patients whom ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senate committee to target waste in Medicare ModernHealthcare.com 31 outlined the results of 2,000 pages of public comments received by the Senators in response to a call for recommendations last May on ways to fix Medicare. Those responses, boiled down into a list of bullet points in the summary, will inform the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare expands competitive bidding program News-Medical.net Medicare beneficiaries in 91 cities will save an average of 45 percent a month on wheelchairs and other medical equipment starting this summer thanks to the expansion of a competitive bidding program, federal officials announced Wednesday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare and Employer Health Plans Can Cause Confusion Tucson Citizen Some companies still offer their retirees a company health plan that supplements Medicare. Many people over 65 are still working and can choose to use Medicare or stay with their employer's health insurance. These options can get confusing, especially ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Details Rules on Companies Disclosing Pay to Doctors NASDAQ The Obama administration released long-delayed regulations that will require drug and medical device companies to disclose payments made to doctors in a publicly searchable database. The rules are intended to bring transparency to the sometimes murky ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Social Security, Medicare benefits outweigh taxes you paid Tampabay.com Last week, we published a story and several charts showing that average government spending on each elderly person is $26,355, compared to $11,822 for each child. Almost immediately, readers wrote to condemn us for overlooking what they considered a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 10 Recent Medicare, Medicaid Issues Feb 1, 2013 Becker's Hospital Review A top economic adviser within the White House said President Barack Obama will not make any federal Medicaid cuts in his upcoming budget proposal, but that means Medicare may be more vulnerable to upcoming reductions. 2. CMS announced that more ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 2% Medicare cut looms ModernHealthcare.com It appears increasingly certain that providers and insurers will see a 2% Medicare cut go into effect March 1. The automatic budget cuts queued up for that date could have an even deeper impact on the government's ability to carry out the healthcare ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Gene Sperling: Medicaid Is Safe, Medicare Is Not | FDL Action By Jon Walker The one upside to the Supreme Court making the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act optional is that it has stopped the Obama administration from. FDL Action |
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| PolitiFact | Medicare and Social Security: What you paid compared ... Earlier this week, we published a story and several charts showing that average government spending on each elderly person is $26355, compared to $11822 ... www.politifact.com/.../medicare-and-social-security-what-you-... |
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