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| Medicare penalties to cost Fayetteville, region hospitals Fayetteville Observer North Carolina hospitals stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars as Medicare begins to hand down penalties for having high rates of patient readmissions. The penalties against hospitals, including Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, are part of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rochester, NY, cited for lowest Medicare spending Wall Street Journal ALBANY, N.Y. — A new study finds that the Rochester area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation, a feat health officials attribute to aggressive regional planning that keeps a lid on unneeded hospital expansions and technology ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| IBM To Move Retirees Off Its Health Plan Due To Rising Costs Huffington Post The company says it acted after projections showed that costs under its current plan for Medicare-eligible retirees will triple by 2020 and that the increases would be paid by retirees through premiums and out-of-pocket costs. An IBM spokesman said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rochester cited for lowest Medicare spending 13WHAM-TV ... that the Rochester area has the lowest overall Medicare spending rate in the nation. The Institute of Medicine report found that Rochester's Medicare spending rate per beneficiary was $174 lower than the national monthly mean among 306 U.S. regions. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Medicare is hardly free STLtoday.com Once again, the Post-Dispatch gets it wrong, with the article "Medicare recipients: New health law doesn't affect your coverage" (Aug. 29). Medicare Part A may be free once you qualify at age 65. However, I paid the Medicare tax on earnings for 47 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fixing Medicare Houston Chronicle Just when you think that Congress can't accomplish anything, particularly in the realm of health care, that legislative body surprises you: Right now, Congress is making a very serious bipartisan effort to fix the dysfunctional way that Medicare pays ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Seniors: Guidance available to plan for Medicare in 2014 Shelton Herald The next open enrollment period for the Medicare prescription drug program runs Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. The open enrollment period is the time when senior citizens can have their current plan evaluated to determine if it remains the best plan for their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home health agencies fear closings, mergers in wake of expected Medicare cuts Crain's Detroit Business Home health agency executives in Southeast Michigan said a major shakeup in the industry is expected as agencies deal with plans by Medicare to cut reimbursement by an average of 14 percent over the next four years. Last month, the Centers for Medicare ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Telehealth and Medicare: where should we be going? Pulse+IT Magazine Telehealth has been shown to be an effective way to deliver healthcare to those in need and the introduction of MBS rebates was a welcome move. Opening up the MBS to allow GPs to consult directly with patients has great merit for the future of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Maine hospitals awaiting nearly $500M from state Businessweek On top of that, mandated federal budget cuts that went into effect this year cut Medicare reimbursement rates by 2 percent, costing another $20 million or so annually, he said. Some hospitals are also losing other federal Medicare payments they've had ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| *Take Action* Medicare - Care2 News Network By Kit B. Increasing numbers of Medicare beneficiaries are finding out that Medicare will not cover their post-acute skilled nursing facility stays because they were kept in the hospital for observation rather than being admitted as inpatients. Care2 News Network |
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| AAFP Dissects, Responds to CMS' Proposed 2014 Medicare ... After careful review of CMS' proposed 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule in the July 19 Federal Register, the AAFP has provided a thorough response to ... www.aafp.org/news-now/.../20130904aafprespmpfs.html |
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