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| Medicare Panel Urges Cuts to Hospital Payments for Services Doctors Offer for ... New York Times WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel said Friday that Congress should move immediately to cut payments to hospitals for many services that can be provided at much lower cost in doctors' offices. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission said the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Social Security, Medicare trust funds serve a purpose Washington Post In his June 7 Washington Forum column, "Get rid of the trust funds," Robert J. Samuelson advocated abolishing the Social Security and Medicare trust funds but did not note the important restraining effect of the trust fund mechanism. Unlike other ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Distribution of Medicare ACOs Varies Widely MedPage Today WASHINGTON -- More than 40% of accountable care organizations (ACOs) formed under Medicare exist in only five states, leaving many states with one or none, according to an analysis by industry experts. Medicare ACOs are concentrated in states like ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MEDICARE: Inpatient or outpatient? It makes a difference with medicare Red Bluff Daily News If you have Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D), these drugs may be covered under certain circumstances. You likely will need to pay out-of-pocket for these drugs and submit a claim to your drug plan for a refund. Call your plan for more ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Opinion: Medicare ought to cover IV home treatment The Times of Trenton - NJ.com We calculated that the four weeks of intravenous (IV) therapy, dispensed through a needle or catheter, at a skilled nursing facility would cost Medicare about $15,000. The same treatments administered in his home by a nurse would cost $1,200. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Panel to Congress: Medicare penalties too harsh on hospitals serving the poor Washington Post The financial penalties that Medicare imposes on hospitals with high rates of patient readmissions are too harsh for hospitals serving the poor and should be changed, according to a congressional advisory agency. Since last fall, Medicare has been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare spending on end-of-life care in N.C. lower on average The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area Within the Triad, Medicare spent $55,703 on average on chronically ill patients in the Greensboro area, the second lowest total within North Carolina which put it at 253rd out of the 306 hospital referral regions analyzed in the report. Within the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 227 Congressmen Ask Medicare to Delay Implementing Questionable ... Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A bipartisan majority of 227 Representatives in the House have joined forces on a letter asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay implementation of a questionable ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Editorial: Medicare Transparency Valley News So one of the more encouraging recent developments in health care has been the Obama administration's disclosure of data about how Medicare spends roughly $500 billion each year. Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services released the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Members propose bipartisan reforms to stop Medicare, Medicaid ... A bipartisan group of House and Senate members has introduced legislation aimed at cutting billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse from Medicare and ... thehill.com/.../304675-members-propose-bipartisan-reforms-t... | ||
| 436 Federal Employees Had Insider Tip on $8 Billion Medicare ... At least 436 Department of Health and Human Services employees--and possibly more at the White House Office of Management and Budget--received ... www.breitbart.com/.../436-Federal-Employees-Had-Insider-Ti... |
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