Medicare to save $650M under site-neutral pay proposal
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS’ 2020 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule would finish phasing in a site-neutral
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Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks To Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Medicare paid for Betty Gordon’s knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old
Read MoreRetiring overseas? Medicare does not cover medical services you get outside the United States
Retiring overseas? You should know that except in very specific situations, basic Medicare does not cover medical services you get
Read MoreSpending on essential medicines up 116 percent from 2011 to 2015
According to a study published in The BMJ, it found spending associated with essential medicines grew substantially from 2011 to
Read MoreYes, Medicare covers ambulance services, but…
How Medicare covers ambulance services confuses many seniors. Yes, Medicare does cover emergency ambulance services, and in limited cases, nonemergency
Read MoreCMS finalizes long-sought rules for Medicare CAR-T coverage
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration finalized late Wednesday long-sought rules for when Medicare will cover
Read MoreWhat are your options after Medicare Supplement increase?
Beginning September 1st, a Medicare Supplement company is giving a 15 percent increase for those who have this company. This
Read MoreFinancial Performance of Medicare Advantage, Individual, and Group Health Insurance Markets
(By Gretchen Jacobson, Rachel Fehr, Cynthia Cox, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation) Medicare-for-All proposals have sparked discussion about
Read MoreChanges coming that would help some rural and other hospitals in their labor markets
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made public policy changes that will increase the wage index for certain
Read MorePreventing pneumonia is easy
(Source: www.medicare.gov/blog) Did you know that about 1 million Americans go to the hospital with pneumonia every year? Pneumonia is
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