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| Medicare moves up plan to link doctor pay to quality STLtoday.com Medicare is accelerating plans to peg a portion of doctors' pay to the quality of their care. The changes would affect nearly 500,000 physicians working in groups. The federal health law requires large physician groups to start getting bonuses or ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Should Stay The Ledger In spite of billions of dollars in fraud by those greedy companies profiteering at the expense of those in great need, it is still successful in providing care. Yes, this government program operates at a cost of 1.4 percent for true Medicare overhead ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Q&A: What home health services does Medicare cover? Green Valley News Medicare covers a variety of heath care services that you can receive in the comfort and privacy of your home. These include intermittent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech-language pathology services and occupational therapy. Such services ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Announces Plans To Accelerate Linking Doctor Pay To Quality Gant Daily The program is a major component of Medicare's effort to shift medicine away from its current payment system, in which doctors are most often paid for each service regardless of their performance. The current system, researchers say, financially ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Calif doctor sentenced in Medicare fraud scheme San Jose Mercury News LOS ANGELES—An Orange County doctor has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for his role in a scheme that caused Medicare to pay out nearly $3 million on bogus claims. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder sentenced 62-year-old Augustus ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Psychiatry company settles Medicare fraud allegations for $1 million McKnight's Long Term Care News A New York company that provided psychiatry services to nursing home residents with dementia has settled a whistleblower Medicare fraud case for $1 million. The son of a company founder reportedly filed the original False Claims Act complaint to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Need a wheelchair? New Medicare rules mean fewer choices CNYcentral.com When the directional control on Chad Norton's power wheelchair broke last month. He says he was told by Medicare that the only place he could get it repaired was a medical equipment supplier in Albany which is 150 miles away. "I think it's truly a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| With Medicare/Medicaid, we don't need Obamacare Kennebec Journal When I go to a hospital and say, "thank God for LBJ," my words often are met with a questioning look. I explain that those are the initials of a great man named Lyndon Baynes Johnson. As our president, he not only signed the Civil Rights Act, but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Case for Medicare Reform Heritage.org (blog) Later this afternoon, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin its markup of Medicare physician payment legislation. While the legislation would revamp the process for setting Medicare reimbursements, as a Heritage Backgrounder released ... See all stories on this topic » |
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