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| Coalition govt would review Medicare Local SBS Speaking at the Australian Medical Association (AMA) conference in Sydney on Friday, opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton said questions remained over the role of Medicare locals, the 61 organisations set up by Labor to co-ordinate primary care. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Not Playing By Its Own Rules In Tennessee The Herald | HeraldOnline.com The bidding program, which was mandated by Congress, is supposed to establish a procurement system that would set market-based reimbursement rates while maintaining access to high-quality care and equipment for Medicare patients. But it has failed to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Calif. man gets prison in Medicare fraud plot San Jose Mercury News NEW ORLEANS—A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics. U.S. District Judge Lance ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| House panel to share framework for Medicare payment overhaul The Hill (blog) Congress has delayed most of the cuts over time, resulting in a pile of reductions that threatens Medicare providers with a nearly 30 percent pay cut unless lawmakers routinely intervene. The last temporary "doc fix" was negotiated as part of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare History: Tucson's Congressman Mo Udall Tucson Citizen After reading the Washington Post article that looks back on the start up of Medicare in 1966, I googled "Udall and Medicare" to find documents I had come across a few years ago. The material from Tucson Congressman Morris Udall provides a view of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Search this database to see what your hospital charges for care Kansas City Business Journal (blog) Hospital administrators argue that the Medicare reimbursement is far too low; American Hospital Association statistics indicate that Medicare reimburses hospitals 92 cents for every dollar spent providing care. Even so, the Medicare reimbursement ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare increasingly tough on doctors OneNewsNow One physician says it's going to be impossible for her to remain in Medicare because of the new paperwork, regulations and costs associated with the program. As doctors are faced with the expansion of Medicare, pay cuts, and red tape associated with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Can Medicare Advantage program play a part in health care savings? Triangle Business Journal (blog) A recent study showed that utilization rates in some major categories, including emergency departments and ambulatory surgery or procedures, generally were 20 to 30 percent lower for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage HMOs than for those with ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senate Introduces Companion Medicare RAC Reform Bill Becker's ASC Review Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) have introduced the Medicare Audit Improvement Act, a bipartisan companion bill to the House version that aims to reform Medicare Recovery Auditors, better known as Medicare RACs, according to an AHA ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Obama Medicare Agenda: Why Seniors Will Fare Worse Today's seniors are facing higher Medicare costs. Over the next five years, current law, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, already ... www.heritage.org/.../the-obama-medicare-agenda-why-seniors... |
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