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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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News9 new results for Medicare
 
Rate Increase for Private Medicare Buoys an Uncertain Market
New York Times
Stocks rose on Tuesday, led by the health care sector after the government said it would alter payment rates for private Medicare insurers, and helped by data on factory orders that indicated the economy was steadily improving. The Standard & Poor's ...
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Medicare: Could Rep. Paul Ryan's reform plan work?
Christian Science Monitor
Enlarge. President Obama recently dampened hopes for a bipartisan deal on Medicare reform this year, saying "it may be that the differences are just too wide." Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. How much do you know about US entitlement programs?
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Christian Science Monitor
Why Wouldn't Obama Cut Social Security and Medicare?
Huffington Post
It also provided more detail on the President's newest proposed Medicare cut, which would combine the deductibles for outpatient and hospital Medicare coverage. That would increase annual out-of-pocket costs for 80 percent of Medicare recipients (while ...
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DaVita rises on update to Medicare rates
Businessweek
THE SPARK: After markets closed Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it expects the amount it pays per person on Medicare Advantage will rise more than 3 percent in 2014. In February the agency said those payments could fall ...
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How insurers flipped a Medicare pay cut into a pay raise
Washington Post (blog)
"The rate adjustment," McDonald continues, "sends a pretty clear message that CMS has no interest in seeing major disruption in the Medicare Advantage program right now, quieting concerns about a post election desire to rein in enrollment and margins." ...
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Medicare SRS review thwarted by Transgender Veteran
Examiner.com
On March 28, 2013, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a 30-day public comment period had been opened regarding Medicare's long standing ban on covering Sex Reassignment Surgeries for Transgender Americans. Just as ...
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Health Insurers Prevail in Medicare Fight With Washington
Wall Street Journal
In February, the federal agency that runs Medicare proposed steep rate cuts to insurers for running these plans, on top of another layer of cuts called for in the federal health overhaul. One key payment metric was set to fall 2.2% under the initial ...
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Medicare Paid Billions to the Skilled Nursing Facilities Nation-wide to ...
TopNews United States
As per a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare paid around $5.1 billion to the skilled nursing facilities nationwide as they failed to meet the basic requirements of health care laid by the federal agency in 2009, ...
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Medicare Supplemental Insurance Website Creator Steven Pewter Hospitalized
Sacramento Bee
DENVER, April 2, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Stephen pewter, the creator of Medicare Supplemental Insurance Comparison (MSIC), announced today that he was hospitalized after breaking his wrist and rib in a tragic fall outside his home in Denver, ...
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Blogs1 new result for Medicare
 
William Blair Analyst: DaVita Set to Gain from Medicare Advantage ...
By Eddie Staley
William Blair analyst Ben Andrew released comments Tuesday morning expressing confidence in DaVita Healthcare (NYSE: DVA), following the victory by health insurers to get the reimbursement for Medicare Advantage increased by 3.3 ...
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Web4 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare Advantage patients could see bills rise next year - CNN.com
The millions who get their health insurance through the Medicare Advantage plan could soon be paying more.
www.cnn.com/2013/04/01/health/medicare-advantage-rates
U.S. to boost Medicare Advantage payment rate | Reuters
(Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday it will increase the payment rate for health insurers that offer coverage through the Medicare Advantage ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-medicare-advantage-idUSBRE9300L7...
New Jersey to be hit hard by sequester's cuts to Medicare | NJ.com
The New Jersey Hospitals Association estimates that sequestration will cost the state's hospitals about $70 million in 2013. Nursing homes will be out about $21 ...
www.nj.com/news/.../new_jersey_to_be_hit_hard_by_s.html
Donor Says He Sought Menendez on Medicare Regulations ...
Salomon Melgen, the Florida political donor at the center of a criminal probe, said he and Senator Robert Menendez are "like brothers" who spoke weekly, yet ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../donor-says-he-sought-menendez-on-...


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