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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

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Medicare News: When Nursing Home Benefits Run Out; Reforming Doc Pay Fix ...
Kaiser Health News
Topics: Medicare, Health Costs, Delivery of Care. Sep 03, 2013. News outlets examine what options nursing home patients have when their Medicare benefits run out and the latest challenge to reforming how doctors are paid by the program -- the price tag.
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Medicare bidding program to get limited review
Sacramento Business Journal
Enlarge. iStockphoto. The Office of the Inspector General will conduct a limited review of Medicare's competitive bidding program for medical supplies following complaints that federal health officials awarded contracts to unlicensed providers in some ...
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Social Security, Medicare adjusting programs to accommodate married gays ...
SeniorJournal.com
Sept. 3, 2013 - Social Security and HHS made announcements in August of changes in their programs to meet the demands resulting from the Supreme Court's rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act. Social Security has begun paying spouse claims for ...
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Medicare Reform Strategy Floated by House Committees
HealthLeaders Media
A series of papers describing Medicare policy reform proposals is expected to be released over the coming months by the House Energy & Commerce and House Ways & Means committees. A discussion paper released last week by two influential House ...
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Free OSHIIP 'Medicare Check-up' event coming to Paulding County
Delphos Herald
COLUMBUS — Lt. Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the Department's Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP) will hold a free Medicare Check-up presentation-only event in Paulding County at noon ...
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SHINE returns for free Medicare presentations at all Martin County libraries
TCPalm
STUART — SHINE (Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders) is visiting all six libraries in the Martin County Library System throughout September for free "Medicare Part D" and "Medicare Financial Assistance Programs" presentations. SHINE supports the ...
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Hospital fails to comply with Medicare program; reimbursements at risk
Leader-Telegram
Sacred Heart Hospital has been cited for not complying with the federal government's Medicare program, putting its Medicare reimbursements at risk. The hospital was cited for the violations in April after an unannounced inspection, according to a ...
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Berwick: Get rid of Medicare 3-day payment rule
FierceHealthcare
The simmering controversy over observation care might reach a boiling point now that Don Berwick, M.D., former administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has jumped into the fray. When Berwick, who is now an official candidate for ...
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Study: Prostheses save Medicare money
FierceHealthcare
A retrospective study by the Amputee Coalition found Medicare recipients who receive orthoses and prostheses are less likely to require further facility-based care, MedPage Today reports. The study concluded patients who received lower extremity ...
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