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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Google Alert - Medicare

News9 new results for Medicare
 
Obamacare Medicare Changes Saved Almost $6 Billion On Drugs: Report
Huffington Post (blog)
Health care reform may have been suffered some bruises at the hands of Congress and the Supreme Court that could shorten its reach and Medicare may face cuts during the next round of budget negotiations between President Barack Obama and ...
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Robert Menendez Contacted Federal Officials In Medicare Dispute With Top ...
Huffington Post
Sen. Robert Menendez raised concerns with top federal health-care officials twice in recent years about their finding that a Florida eye doctor — a close friend and major campaign donor — had overbilled the government by $8.9 million for care at his ...
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Medicare pay formula may finally get fixed
Politico
Efforts to finally get rid of that dreaded Medicare payment formula could see smoother sailing now that the Congressional Budget Office has sliced the price tag nearly in half. That could give momentum to legislation like the bipartisan repeal bill ...
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Politico
Medicare dispute clouds Obama's Treasury pick -Republican senator
Reuters
Republicans say that a 2003 Medicare modernization law requires the administration to submit a proposal to Congress to fix a financial shortfall in the government-run health program for retirees if Medicare trustees issue a funding warning. "In order ...
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Cigna Raises Forecast as Acquisition Expands Medicare
Bloomberg
Cigna Corp., the third-biggest health insurer by market value, raised its forecast for 2013 profit and said fourth-quarter earnings swelled 49 percent, boosted by higher enrollment in its Medicare plans for seniors. Earnings, excluding one-time items ...
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How Medicare Beneficiaries Can Save Money on Prescription Drugs
U.S. News & World Report
The alternative is a Medicare Advantage plan, also called Medicare Part C, which replaces original Medicare and often provides prescription-drug coverage as well. It is essentially a way to get Medicare A, B, and D all lumped into one. Medicare ...
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HHS report: Medicare prescription drug savings hit $5.7B
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Seniors have saved about $5.7 billion on prescription drugs since January 2011 because of provisions in the 2010 health care law meant to close the Medicare "doughnut hole," the government plans to announce today. "This discount has ...
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The real Medicare spending problem
CNNMoney
Growth in Medicare spending for hospital stays and physician care has dropped precipitously. It was growing at an average rate of 8.4% between 2002 and 2009. But since then the average dropped to just 2.9% a year, the Congressional Budget Office noted ...
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Nursing home's Medicare reimbursement won't end, for now
Winston-Salem Journal
A Winston-Salem nursing home is no longer facing the immediate termination of Medicare reimbursement payments, but it could be an issue again in mid-May. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a legal notice Jan. 25 that the ...
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Blogs2 new results for Medicare
 
Sen. Menendez intervened twice in Medicare ... - The Daily Caller
By The Washington Post
Salomon Melgen had been ordered to repay $8.9 million after auditors determined he had improperly billed procedures.
The Daily Caller
GOP probing Lew's failure to respond to Medicare insolvency ...
By Alana Goodman
The Office of Management and Budget has declined to cooperate with a Republican inquiry into whether treasury secretary nominee Jack Lew was complicit in violating federal Medicare law.
Washington Free Beacon

Web1 new result for Medicare
 
Quality demo cuts repeat hospital Medicare trips by nearly 6 ...
A Medicare demonstration project that designed care coordination activities in 14 communities is part of an effort to reduce preventable hospital readmissions by ...
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