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Thursday, July 4, 2013

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Medicare Analysis Confirms Some 'Preferred Pharmacy' Drug Plans are Costlier ...
Wall Street Journal
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysis by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) validates the questions about "preferred pharmacy" drug plans[1] that have been raised by Medicare officials, 19 U.S. ...
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Medicare Limits Coverage of Lilly's Drug for Brain Scans
Bloomberg
In its proposed decision, the agency set out criteria for clinical studies that would allow Medicare recipients to be covered for the costs of the brain scans, including whether using the test would spare unnecessary treatments or improve the patients ...
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Medicare and the Affordable Care Act: What's Next?
Augusta Free Press
vpasheader0311 There are many important changes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that improve access and services for people with Medicare. There are also many myths about how the ACA will affect Medicare benefits.
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Medicare, Obamacare And Retirement Age
Financial Advisor Magazine
According to data from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR), a good part of the timing for retirement is also due to Medicare eligibility, which begins at age 65. That link wasn't always clear, CCR says in a report, entitled How ...
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Medicare fraud outrunning enforcement efforts
TucsonSentinel.com
Citing massive budget and staff cuts, federal officials are set to scale back or drop a host of investigations into Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse — even though cracking down on government waste and cutting health care costs have been top ...
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My Word: Inpatient versus outpatient care makes difference with Medicare
San Jose Mercury News
Yes, it does. Your hospital status (whether the hospital classifies you as an inpatient or outpatient) affects how much you pay for hospital services like X-rays, drugs and lab tests. It also may affect whether Medicare will cover care you get in a ...
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Lilly Disappointed in Draft Medicare Coverage Decision for Beta-Amyloid ...
Wall Street Journal
INDIANAPOLIS, July 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a draft decision proposing Coverage with Evidence Development for the use of ...
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Medicare seminar is July 12 in Sioux City
Blair Enterprise Publishing
Siouxland Aging Services and Mercy Medical Center's Older Adult Services continue to co-host "First Friday Coffee: Welcome to Medicare." Because of the July 4th holiday, the next session will be Friday, July 12. This unbiased, informative seminar for ...
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Sound Physicians settles in Medicare overbilling case
ModernHealthcare.com
Sound Physicians, a large Tacoma-based hospitalist company, agreed to pay $14.5 million to settle the allegations that it overbilled Medicare and other federal health programs. The federal government alleges the company "knowingly submitted" claims on ...
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