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Saturday, July 13, 2013

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News10 new results for Medicare
 
Proposed Medicare fee schedule adds new primary care billing codes for ...
ModernMedicine
New Medicare codes to pay for non face-to-face visits for patients could go into effect in 2015. A proposal released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this week details two G-codes for primary care physicians for wellness and ...
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Diabetics frustrated with changes to Medicare
fox4kc.com
LAWRENCE, Kan. –This month, Medicare made a change aimed at saving taxpayers billions of dollars. But community pharmacists say it could wind up putting patients at risk and result in more waste. Nancy Porter is well enough to come to Sigler Pharmacy ...
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Medicare scammers targeting seniors around Montana
Billings Gazette
MISSOULA — Medicare scammers have been targeting Montana seniors lately, and the Missoula Aging Service is reminding people to never give out personal information over the phone. The Missoula Aging Service's Senior Medicare Patrol was alerted to ...
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Passages: Medicare counselors needed
Red Bluff Daily News
After thorough training both on and off the job, HICAP volunteers help clients understand Medicare, including supplemental and drug insurance, Medicare health plans and long term care coverage. Volunteers become registered with the California ...
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Messy Rollout Of Health Law Echoes Medicare Drug Expansion
NPR
It hasn't been a good week for the Affordable Care Act. After announcements by the administration of several delays of key portions of the law, Republicans returned to Capitol Hill and began piling on. "This law is literally just unraveling before our ...
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Presentation on Medicare information set for July 16
Joliet Herald News
It's good for people to ask questions about Medicare because perceptions about the benefits don't always match what actually is offered and covered, said LuAnn Stepina, Senior Spirit financial counselor and certified senior health insurance program ...
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Medicare Part D: A miracle for elderly heart patients
Casper Star-Tribune Online
And the single most effective means of getting seniors access to such medications is the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. Heart drugs can be quite costly, with an average prescription clocking in at $100 or more per month. Part D subsidizes ...
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Medicare suspends payments for local business; causing lay-off ...
Dodge City Daily Globe
In June of last year, Dodge City-based penis-pump manufacturer, Pos-T-Vac was placed under scrutiny by The Washington Times, claiming a report by federal auditors found the Kansas based company involved in 'potentially fraudulent Medicare claims and ...
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To implement Obamacare, look to Bush's Medicare reform
Washington Post
As secretary of health and human services during President George W. Bush's second term, I faced the daunting task of rolling out Medicare's new prescription drug benefit. Commonly referred to as "Part D," the program is considered a tremendous success ...
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Making a Mint on Medicare: Private Businesses?
The Fiscal Times
The real beneficiaries of Medicare "entitlement," say the authors of a recently released book, are the private companies that rely on the $600 billion that Medicare spends each year: the drug companies, device manufacturers, hospitals, doctors ...
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Web2 new results for Medicare
 
Ken Cuccinelli Used Dr. Phil To Attack Medicaid, Medicare - BuzzFeed
Ken Cuccinelli channeled TV host Dr. Phil while making comments critiquing Medicare and Medicaid at a 2012 tea party rally on Capitol Hill. Cuccinelli used the ...
www.buzzfeed.com/.../ken-cuccinelli-uses-dr-phil-to-attack-m...
Medicare RAC audits under Senate scrutiny - amednews.com
The Finance Committee offers recommendations to give physician practices and hospitals some relief from the administrative burdens tied to the auditing ...
www.amednews.com/article/20130708/government/.../7/


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