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| DC Week: Tavenner OK'd by Senate MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- In an otherwise rough week politically for President Obama, the president did score a victory when his latest nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid, and health reform implementation was confirmed by the Senate. Tavenner Confirmed as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bayonne Medical Center: Why this New Jersey hospital is the costliest in US Economic Times The increasingly contentious issue of hospital charges drew renewed attention last week when the federal government released Medicare data showing that facilities nationwide submitted widely divergent bills for the same treatments. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Covering the Bases: Get an early jump on enrolling for Medicare CapitalGazette.com To enroll into Medicare you need to contact the Social Security Administration. The easiest way to enroll is online at www.ssa.gov. You may also contact Social Security, by phone, at 1-800-772-1213. You also have the option of enrolling, in person, at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Denigrating medicine: ObamaCare turns physicians into assembly line workers Tribune-Review In the 1980s, Medicare imposed price controls upon physicians who treated anyone over 65. Providers were required to use a coding system to describe the service when submitting a bill. The regulators believed that standardized classifications would ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Proposed Bill would Restore Pre-sequestration Levels of Medicare Funding for ... Mesothelioma.com U.S. Representative Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) is co-sponsoring the Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013, a bill that would restore pre-sequestration levels of Medicare funding for cancer treatments. Bishop says he's seen firsthand the damage the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare, affordable care and Kabuki theater in the Legislature Lewiston Sun Journal Hospitals will do just fine, too, receiving $163 million in additional annual revenue -- important because the feds are trimming overly generous reimbursements in the Medicare program for seniors. Remember: The United States has the highest health care ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Local senior health program that works may lose Medicare funding phillyBurbs.com Four area lawmakers are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to continue the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Project that has aided the efforts of Health Quality Partners, a nonprofit research and development organization in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Retirement is going to cost you Worcester Telegram Fidelity's calculation takes into account deductibles and coinsurance associated with Medicare Part A, which covers hospital care, and Part B, which covers services such as lab tests and doctors' services. It also considers the premiums for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| John Colyandro, Tom Aldred: Don't scuttle Medicare Part D with price controls El Paso Times In the budget battle in Washington, President Obama has advocated eliminating what he terms "subsidies to prescription-drug companies." In fact, they are not subsidies at all. Instead, the president's proposal would fundamentally change how Medicare's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Blue Cross recommends 3 Lincoln hospitals Lincoln Journal Star Federal data released for the first time Wednesday shows the wildly different amounts hospitals charge Medicare. Read more. OMAHA -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is recommending 11 Nebraska hospitals, including three in Lincoln, for spine ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Medicare proposes limits on hospital observation stays - amednews ... A Medicare patient would be considered an inpatient after spending at least two midnights in the hospital if the CMS rule change is finalized. www.amednews.com/article/20130513/government/.../7/ |
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