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Friday, June 21, 2013

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News8 new results for Medicare
 
Critics say Medicare competitive bidding program not ready to fly
Chicago Tribune
Less than two weeks before Medicare plans to roll out a program that aims to cut prices for some of the most-used home medical devices and supplies, members of Congress and medical supply companies are pushing to derail the plan, saying it would have ...
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Medicare Sued Over DME Bidding Program
MedPage Today
WASHINGTON -- Medicare violated its own rules for its durable medical equipment (DME) bidding program by granting bids to unlicensed suppliers, according to a lawsuit filed by a durable medical equipment company and a trade group. The American ...
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Medicare Changes Create Uncertainty for Diabetes Supplies
Medscape
The American Diabetes Association (ADA), US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and Diabetes Care Club (DCC) have all posted information on their websites to help beneficiaries and physicians understand and negotiate the new program.
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Medicare scam targeting seniors
Stockton Record
STOCKTON - Seniors in the region have been getting unsolicited phone calls recently from people claiming to be from Medicare and telling them that a new Medicare card is in the mail. If you get such a call, hang up. A Stockton woman got such a call ...
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Contractor that handles public's Medicare queries will do same for Affordable ...
Washington Post
Within days, the company that handles a daily average of more than 60,000 calls about Medicare will be deluged by new inquiries about health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The six Medicare call centers run by Vangent, a company based in ...
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Medicare must track overuse of prescriptions
The News Journal
Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit, has aided millions of older Americans. It also has grown big and expensive. When that happens, things can go wrong. Usually with federal programs, that means a waste of money. But when you are dealing ...
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Medicare Change Could Mean Savings For Older Diabetics
KWTX
Medicare Change Could Mean Savings For Older Diabetics. Print. WASHINGTON (June 18, 2013)--Medicare launches a major change in July that could save older diabetics both money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar.
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Medicare Contractors Not Likely To Conduct Outside ICD-10 Testing
iHealthBeat
CMS has no plans to require its Medicare administrative contractors to test their claims processing systems with outside organizations before the ICD-10 compliance deadline on Oct. 1, 2014, a CMS official told an HHS subcommittee, Modern Healthcare ...
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Blogs1 new result for Medicare
 
OIG Tags 3 Hospitals for Medicare Overpayments
The HHS Office of Inspector General has released several reports this week outlining how three hospitals did not comply with certain Medicare billing requirements.
Becker's Hospital Review


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