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Medicare Suspends Marketing And Enrollment For Fox Insurance Company Drug Plan
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) directed Fox Insurance Company of New York to immediately suspend marketing and enrollment of new members in the organization's Medicare Part D prescription drug plans... ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Obama Promise Of Health Care Cost Savings Through Efficiency Achieved By Innovative Teleradiology Company
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareMusculoskeletal Imaging Consultants (MSKIC) announces release of "Inside Business with Fred Thompson" documentary. MSKIC accomplishes Obama challenge of "more for less" by leveraging technology and bypassing obstructions to health information sharing... ...
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Ownership/Leasing Of PET Scanners By Nonradiologists On The Rise
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareJust as with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the growth rate among non-radiologists who own or lease positron emission tomography (PET) equipment is also on the rise, contributing significantly to the ongoing issues surrounding self-referral and unnecessary utilization ...
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Warren Buffett Supports Senate Bill, Franken And Ryan Pushing Their Health Reform Ideas
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareVarious personalities are weighing in on health legislation. CNBC interviewed billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who "called the nation's health care spending 'untenable,' comparing 'out of control' costs to a 'tapeworm eating at our economic body... ...
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Attention Seniors: The Countdown Begins To The End Of Medicare Open Enrollment
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareHealth Net, Inc. reminds seniors, age 65 or older, and others who are eligible for Medicare that the Medicare Open Enrollment period closes on Wed., Mar. 31, 2010... ...
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Coalition To Protect Patients' Rights: Medicare Being Cut Today
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareDue to Congressional inaction, Medicare's reimbursement rates to doctors for their care of our nation's elderly population will be cut a staggering 21 percent today... ...
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Senior Citizens Face New Obstacles To Getting Care, After Medicare Slashes Payments
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareThe California Medical Association renewed its call for Congress to reverse deep Medicare cuts that took effect today and threaten the ability of senior citizens to get access to medical care. "As physicians, our mission in life is to serve our patients and protect their health," said Brennan Cassi ...
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Bunning Continues To Block COBRA Subsidy Extension, Medicare 'Doc Fix'
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareSen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., is blocking a bill that would temporarily extend unemployment benefits and federal subsidies for some health insurance benefits. The Los Angeles Times: "Bunning used one of the Senate's arcane procedural tactics to hold up the measure as a way of protesting the f ...
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Doctors Issue Warnings About Reduced Access As Congressional Inaction Cuts Medicare Pay
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareA political deadlock in the Senate has triggered a 21 percent Medicare pay reduction to doctors who say they may have to limit care for older Americans unless the reduction is reversed. The Associated Press reports that "the Obama administration directed Medicare billing contractors to hold off pro ...
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The Impact Of Medicare Cuts: One North Coast Oncologist Considers Shutting Down His Office
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareDeep cuts in Medicare reimbursements that took effect on Monday are forcing physicians across the state to consider turning away new patients, dropping out of the program altogether or even, in some cases, closing their practices... ...
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More Effective Method Of Predicting Lead-Poisoning Risk
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareAs health departments across the United States seek a better way to determine which children should be tested for lead poisoning, a method created by Michigan State University scientists has proven to be more accurate and cost-effective than current strategies... ...
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Nurses Welcome Biggest Healthcare Reform Since Medicare, Australia
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareGed Kearney, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation said that the reforms to heath care announced by the Prime Minister are the most significant to the health system since the introduction of Medicare. "These reforms fundamentally alter how we fund and deliver health care in Austral ...
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Lawmakers Work On Medicare Drug And Mental Health Legislation
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareHouse Democrats are preparing to introduce legislation on Medicare drug prices and an effort to tackle some individual health issues while Congress debates a comprehensive bill. Congress Daily: "Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and more than 50 House members will propose legislation today that directs Medic ...
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Medicare "Band-Aid" Is Worthless To Patients
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareThe following can be attributed to William H. Fleming III, MD, president of the Texas Medical Association. Dr. Fleming's statement is in regard to the freeze the U.S. Senate put on the 21.2-percent cut to physicians' Medicare payments. The payment cut was postponed for 28 days, until April 1, 2010.. ...
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How Expanded Medicare Authority Can Drive Improvements In The Medical Delivery System
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareDespite the loss of the Democrats' supermajority necessary to pass comprehensive national healthcare reform, new federal legislation is needed to promote greater efficiency in the medical delivery system. Comprehensive reform of Medicare's provider-payment system would accelerate delivery system cha ...
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AMA Enters Health IT Partnerships
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareThe American Medical Association has made deals with computer retailer Dell, and Ingenix, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, to "help physicians adopt and implement electronic health records", the Chicago Tribune reports. The terms of the deals were not released, but one part of the arrangement wi ...
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Last Chance To Change Medicare Health Plans
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricarePeople with Medicare have one last chance to change their Medicare health plan before they are locked into their plan for the rest of 2010. During the Open Enrollment Period, which began January 1 and lasts through March 31, people with Medicare are allowed to change their choice of Medicare health ...
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Obama's Budget Includes A Tempered Vision Of Health Reform
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareDemocrats' health overhaul efforts are stalled in Congress, but President Obama's 2011 budget offers a "modest" back-up plan, the Associated Press reports. "The budget released Monday contains lots of respectable ideas to squeeze savings, expand coverage and improve quality, but no ambitious change ...
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Legislators Set Sights On Temporary Medicare 'Doc Fix,' Again
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricarePolitico: "Doctors and seniors lobbying to stave off looming annual Medicare cuts have won a reprieve of sorts but are still pushing for a permanent fix... ...
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Ohio Changes Medicaid Drug Program, N.C. Weighs Cuts In Medicaid Personal Care Services
Categorie : Medicare / Medicaid / TricareThe Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Ohio's seven Medicaid managed care plans this month will make changes in the prescription drug plans that cover about 1.5 million people, although many of those beneficiaries will not face increased costs. The changes are expected to save the state about $243 ...
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