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| Bamboozled: Medicare mix-up, red tape and a healthy dose of bureaucracy The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Jump with us into a maze of government regulations. Non-citizens can receive Social Security and Medicare if they meet certain qualifications. They must have status as "Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence," have sufficient work credits and must ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare to Levy $227M in Fines Against Hospitals The Fiscal Times Medicare will levy $227 million in fines against hospitals in every state but one for the second round of the government's campaign to reduce the number of patients readmitted within a month, according to federal records released Friday. Medicare ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare doubles readmission penalties, changes observation status rules Family Practice News Digital Network Beginning in October, Medicare will double the penalties for preventable hospital readmissions and change the rules for determining when to admit patients or place them in observation status. Under the fiscal year 2014 Hospital Inpatient Prospective ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Fines Mobile and Baldwin County Hospitals WPMI Local 15 News The penalties are based on Medicare patients who originally went into the hospital with at least one of three conditions: heart failure, heart attack and pneumonia. Mobile Infirmary, Providence Hospital and Springhill Medical Center are among 2,225 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Milestone at 48: More Savings in Hopper for NH Public News Service CONCORD, N.H. - July 30 marked 48 years since Medicare got its start, and Granite State advocates say the Affordable Care Act is extending the program's reach and saving local people thousands of dollars. While Obamacare has been a political hot potato ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare slaps two-thirds of US hospitals with readmission penalties FierceHealthcare Two-thirds of the nation's hospitals will get hit with fines in the second round of Medicare's readmission penalties, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. For the upcoming year, 2,225 of the nation's 5,700 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Letter: No Medicare for this guy Wicked Local Wow, isn't it nice to be able to make all kinds of FANCIFUL statements about Medicare, knowing that the TAB will just happily print them ["Medicare for all," Aug. 1]? Patricia Berger says, "By achieving a true Medicare for all, it would put patients ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Why Are Medicare Costs Rising So Fast? ' It's Actually Not Complicated' MedCity News MP900321092[1] Medicare is complicated. And expensive to government and individuals. My last post was the beginning of a primer on Medicare. It is not simple but can be understood. Medicare covers about 50 million older Americans for general health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kansans Warned Of Medicare, Social Security Scams WIBW Our office recently has seen an uptick in complaints about phone callers who claim to be from Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. Like many scams, these calls are nothing more than a ploy to try to get your personal information. Often, the caller ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage News; Doughnut Hole Coverage ... Learning and Finance According to the the Department of Health and Human Services, the average premium within the Medicare Part D prescription drug plan in 2014 will post at approximately $31 compared to the average of $30 this year. This is great news for those ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Daily Kos: Cantor: We'll totally keep government running, if you give ... By rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter) Obama won't take his SS and Medicare cuts off the table and won't demand that the Cantor Gang detail their own. Instead, the Gangsters will say it's all up to him because he has to be the leader and he's never led on this before even though ... Daily Kos |
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| In our opinion: Medicare in crisis | Deseret News Because of simple economics, more and more doctors are refusing to accept new Medicare patients or dropping the ones they already serve. The government's ... www.deseretnews.com/article/.../Medicare-in-crisis.html?pg=al... | ||
| AFSCME | Medicare on Its Anniversary: Strong and Built to Last Medicare, the federal program that guarantees health benefits for 50 million seniors and people with disabilities, became law 48 years ago today. To celebrate ... www.afscme.org/.../medicare-on-its-anniversary-strong-and-b... |
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