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News	10 new results for Medicare

Medicare Slashes Reimbursement for BRCA Gene Testing Medscape The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has slashed the reimbursement rate for BRCA testing by nearly half, beginning January 1, 2014. See all stories on this topic »	Medscape
Medicare v. Affordable Care? Apparently, no contest Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Physicians for a National Health Program are citing a Health Affairs blog post to highlight the "glitch-free" rollout of Medicare in 1966, just 19 months ... See all stories on this topic »	FrontPage Magazine
Medicare Beware: Tread Carefully Into The Unknown Connecticut Law Tribune It is generally agreed that until recently the lack of proper "coordination of benefits" in a liability settlement has worked to the detriment of Medicare. See all stories on this topic »	Connecticut Law Tribune
Has Medicare spending fallen? PolitiFact rates it Tampabay.com "Medicare costs have slowed down dramatically. In fact, the first two months of this fiscal year, Medicare costs were down even in nominal terms ... See all stories on this topic »
Analysts expects slower Medicare Advantage growth Businessweek Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans will grow more slowly in 2014 than it did the past couple years, predicted a Citi analyst who follows health ... See all stories on this topic »
Elder Care: Medicare coverage expanded for nursing home therapy The Sentinel Part of the Jimmo settlement was a promise that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would clarify in their written policy. On Dec. See all stories on this topic »
Health minister Peter Dutton says Medicare spending unsustainable Sydney Morning Herald Health Minister Peter Dutton has predicted an overhaul of Medicare, saying spiralling costs will make the system ''unmanageable'' without change. See all stories on this topic »
Nurses to join medicare protest in Sydney The Australian "An attack on Medicare, forcing pensioners and everyone else to pay to see a doctor when they have already paid a levy for years, that will have ... See all stories on this topic »
Medicare renewal pic rejected because girl was wearing head band CJAD A Montreal man says he simply wants to warn others after a drugstore-shot ID picture for a medicare card was rejected because of something his ... See all stories on this topic »
Medicare Locals under review: what Croakey contributors (and ... Crikey (blog) "Many Medicare Locals have not had the time and or the nurture needed to take firm root. Grumpy, conservative hospital networks – and there are ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

7 new results for Medicare

Medicare Advantage and the 'Theft' of $156 Billion - NYTimes.com By UWE E. REINHARDT Changes to payments to Medicare Advantage plans introduced by the Affordable Care Act are more equitable for all taxpayers, an economist writes. Economix
Figuring Medicare premiums « Bankrate, Inc. Jennie Phipps Social Security recalculates Medicare premiums for high earners annually, so if your income falls, the premiums fall, too. Bankrate.com
Hospice Industry Games Medicare to Make Billions The proportion of patients who were discharged alive from hospice care rose about 50 percent between 2002 and 2012... Daily Policy Digest
Factors To Decide The Medicare Plan - Ambear admin Once you reach the age of 65 or just before few months of reaching 65, the first thing you would need to do is get a Medicare insurance policy on your ... Ambear
Rehospitalization rates fell in first year of Medicare penalties Jordan Rau During the first eight months of this year, fewer than 18 percent of Medicare patients ended up back in the hospital within a month of discharge, the ... All Headlines | TucsonSentinel.com
Budget deal to cut $90 million in state Medicare payments ... Cameron Moix The Bipartisan Budget Act passed by Congress in early December could result in an estimated $90-million reduction in Medicare payments for the ... Colorado Springs Business Journal
Champion News | HHS: $60 Billion in Medicare and Medicaid ... Admin HHS: $60 Billion in Medicare and Medicaid Overpayments in 2013. Champion News

Web	2 new results for Medicare

Obamacare Contractor Blamed for Slow Medicare Payments to ... Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about Barack Obama, Contractor, Health Care, Medicare and Obamacare from The Weekly Standard, the ... www.weeklystandard.com/.../obamacare-contractor-blamed-sl...
Medicare Coverage and Claims Information, Mayo Clinic in ... Mayo Clinic in Florida does not accept Medicare assignment for professional and physician services covered under Medicare Part B. The clinic still ... www.mayoclinic.org/.../your-medicare-coverage-claims

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