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| Eyelid lifts for Medicare patients cost taxpayers millions MiamiHerald.com Aging Americans worried about their droopy upper eyelids often rely on the plastic surgeon's scalpel to turn back the hands of time. Increasingly, Medicare is footing the bill. Yes, Medicare. The public health insurance program for people over 65 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare declines to cover Cyberonics' anti-depression device Reuters The decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) dimmed hopes of wider sales of the company's most important product and saw Cyberonics shares fall 10 percent in extended trade on Tuesday. The agency ruled six years ago that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Spending Variations Mostly Due To Health Differences, Study Concludes Kaiser Health News The idea that uneven Medicare health care spending around the country is due to wasteful practices and overtreatment—a concept that influenced the federal health law -- takes another hit in a study published Tuesday. The paper concludes that health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Around the Web: Billing Medicare for eyelifts, the Obamacare road show Wall Street Journal It's a mostly quiet day after the Monday holiday, so let's take a look at health industry stories from around the Web…. … The Center for Public Integrity reports that an increasing number of eyelift surgeries are being charged to Medicare, even ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Questioning Medicare's geography link MarketWatch (blog) For years, researchers have identified wide disparities in Medicare spending from region to region across the country. The annual cost per beneficiary ranges from $5,632 in Northeast Illinois to $15,098 in Miami, according to a study released today in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Miami actor, wife face detention hearing in $15 million Medicare fraud case MiamiHerald.com But according to federal prosecutors, Marrero led a con man's life as the owner of a Medicare-licensed home healthcare agency that fleeced $15 million from the government program. Marrero, prosecutors say, spent the ill-gotten gains on luxury cars, his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eyelid-Lift Payments From Medicare Rise, And Raise Eyebrows NPR (blog) The number of eyelid lifts paid for by Medicare more than tripled in a 10-year span, according to a report by the Center for Public Integrity. The cost to U.S. taxpayers for the simple surgery rose to $80 million in 2011 from $20 million in 2001 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CMS audit examines Medicare payments for hospice care ModernHealthcare.com With Medicare spending on hospice skyrocketing in recent years, the program's watchdog office says tying hospital payment more closely to the timing of patient transfers from the hospital to the hospice could have cut federal spending by as much as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ABOUT MEDICARE: When a doctor doesn't take Medicare Times-Standard (Editor's note: In Humboldt and Del Norte counties, the SHIP program he refers to is called HICAP. See "Gray Matters" column on the same date for the phone numbers.) What does it mean when a doctor tells you he or she has "opted out" of Medicare? See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Can Medicare Save Money for Beneficiaries and Taxpayers Alike? SeniorJournal.com May 28, 2013 - Since Medicare Part D went into effect in 2006, prescription drugs have been an integral part of the Medicare benefit package. So, the question of how seniors can save additional money on medications often comes up, but so does the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| The Best that Medicare Can Buy: Staten Island Native Bought ... By Elaina Plott Mr. Shelikhov, along with his colleagues at Bay Medical Care, amassed their money by bribing numerous Medicare patients into faking needs for medical services—ranging from physical therapy to ambiguous "nerve" treatments—in exchange ... Observer | ||
| Abbott ad tackles Medicare change - Crain's Chicago Business Your journal for Chicago area real estate business news, trends, events and public records data. Chicago Business News | ||
| Eyelid lifts skyrocket among Medicare patients, costing taxpayers ... By David Donald Medicare paying more and more as critics question rationale for procedure that's often cosmetic. The Center for Public Integrity... | ||
| ISTA excluded from Medicare in $33.5M off-label settlement ... By Tracy Staton Pharma's latest settlement with the Department of Justice involves a small-potatoes monetary penalty--only $33.5 million total--but it includes something most settlements haven't, at least so far. FiercePharma News |
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