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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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News9 new results for Medicare
 
Biggest US Hospice Co Defrauded Medicare, Feds Charge
ABC News
Vitas Hospice Services and its parent company, Chemed Corp. of Cincinnati, are accused of having "misspent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars from the Medicare program," according to a statement released by the Justice Department on May 2.
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ABC News
Study: Cuts to Medicare trim costs to insurers
Politico
When Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient care are cut, do insurers end up paying more? A new study published Monday in Health Affairs finds they don't — contradicting the well-known "cost shifting" theory. Continue Reading ...
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Politico
Medicare fraud targets seniors, scooters: 'I don't need it. I don't want it.'
Kansas City Star
As it turns out, she'd stumbled on a problem that cost Medicare – and taxpayers – $27 billion over the past four years. Now, thanks in part to the doctor's vigilance, companies that aggressively market pricey home medical supplies to senior citizens ...
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Kansas City Star
Archimedes Analyzes Medicare Claims For Developers, Researchers
InformationWeek
Archimedes, a San Francisco-based healthcare modeling and analytics company, has joined forces with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make CMS claims data more ...
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Medicare Supplemental Insurance Plans Chosen Over Gifts for Mother's Day ...
Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK, May 7, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- This year for Mother's Day, senior moms may prefer help choosing a Medicare supplemental insurance plan over flowers and chocolates from their children. A survey sponsored by 65 Incorporated revealed ...
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Curbing Medicare Costs Could Drive Some Seniors Out Of Program
RedOrbit
The rising cost of Medicare can be cut through strategies such as increasing premiums and raising the eligibility age, but those moves could drive many elderly Americans from the program, leaving them with limited access to health services, according ...
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Proposed 'Medicare Essential' Plan Estimated To Save $180 Billion Over 10 Years
RedOrbit
Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with commonly purchased private supplemental coverage into one health plan could produce national savings of $180 billion over a decade while improving care for beneficiaries, ...
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Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
Tucson Citizen
Medicare now covers an annual "Wellness" visit to a primary care physician at no cost to the patient. But, as with the "Welcome to Medicare" visit, the list of what is covered "for free" is very limited. Anything beyond the list (provided below) will ...
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Doctor sentenced over false Medicare billing
San Francisco Chronicle
DENVER (AP) — A doctor accused of submitting false bills for reimbursement from Colorado's Medicaid program and Medicare has been ordered to serve 200 hours of public service, plus two years of supervised probation. Colorado Attorney General John ...
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Blogs2 new results for Medicare
 
Study: Cuts to Medicare trim costs to insurers - Kathryn Smith ...
By Kathryn Smith
When Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient care are cut, do insurers end up paying more? A new study published Monday in Health Affairs finds they don't — contradicting the well-known "cost shifting" theory. And the study contends ...
POLITICO - Politics
Cuts to Hospital Medicare Rates May Not Shift Costs to Private ...
By bob@beckersasc.com (Bob Herman)
In the healthcare finance world, it's conventional wisdom to believe lower Medicare payment rates to hospitals lead to higher rates, or cost-shifting, to private health insurers, but according to a May article in Health Affairs, that may not be the ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Web2 new results for Medicare
 
Medicare Essential: An Option to Promote Better Care and Curb ...
Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with commonly purchased private supplemental coverage into one health plan could ...
www.commonwealthfund.org/.../In.../Medicare-Essential.aspx
Medicare Provider Charge Data - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
The data provided here include hospital-specific charges for the more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System ...
www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and.../index.html


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