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Thursday, May 23, 2013

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News7 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare Proffers $1 Billion For Healthcare Innovation Projects
InformationWeek
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will spend as much as $1 billion on a second round of innovation awards for projects that show strong potential to reduce costs and improve care for Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health ...
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Medicare payment rates: $15000 for one hospital, $26000 for another
CNN
The wide variance between hospital charges and Medicare payments came into the spotlight after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released detailed data on hospital billing earlier this month. CNNMoney analyzed the data and found that ...
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Medicare Nixes Coverage For New Cancer Tests
Forbes
Medicare has sharply changed the way it pays for diagnostic tests, cutting payment rates and curtailing coverage for some new tests altogether. The makeover in the way that Medicare reimburses molecular diagnostics has been foreshadowed for years, but ...
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Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
Kansas City Star
McClatchy wrote about the subcommittee's probe into Medicare billing and marketing practices by medical equipment companies earlier this month, and the story quoted a statement from U.S. Healthcare that questioned the panel's findings that more than 60 ...
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U.S. Senators To Medicare Officials: Dialysis Program Adjustments Must 'Not ...
Sacramento Bee
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bi-partisan members of the Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the Budget Committee urged Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner in a May ...
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As Hill Panels Focus On Medicare, Marketplace Examines How Part D Changed ...
Kaiser Health News
Medicare is a topic of conversation on Capitol Hill as a Senate committee holds a hearing on the Medicare Part D drug program. Meanwhile, on the House side, members of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee heard testimony on patient cost-sharing ...
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Whistleblower allegations about Medicare fraud led to $7.3 million settlement
Dallas Morning News (blog)
A nurse's allegations about excessive charges to Medicare led to $7.3 million settlement between a Plano-based firm and the U.S. Justice Department, according to a statement from her attorneys. Laura Davis' complaint involved charges for Epogen, ...
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Blogs2 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act ... - Grants.gov
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: Medicare Savings Program, Low Income Subsidy & Prescription Drug Enrollment Assistance through the Aging Network, State Health Insurance Assistance Program and Aging ...
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OIG: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Overbilled Medicare $2.24M ...
By bob@beckersasc.com (Bob Herman)
A report from the HHS Office of Inspector General has found Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center overbilled Medicare more than $2.24 million over a three-and-a-half-year stretch.
Becker's Hospital Review


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