Small Business Owners, Self-Employed and Medicare: What You Need to Know
Normally, workers age 65 and older can delay enrolling in Medicare if they continue to have a group health insurance
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Medicare – General
Sticker Shock Forces Thousands Of Cancer Patients To Skip Drugs, Skimp On Treatment
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) John Krahne received alarming news from his doctor last December. His brain tumors
Read MoreBefore You Take Medicare Benefits
Before you take your Medicare benefits, it is essential to make the right decisions and you’ll need to pay special
Read MorePrivate ER Services
A private ER Services facility in Texas wants you to know: The Centers for Medicare Services does not yet recognize
Read MoreBy Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients
Read MoreSave Nearly $16 Billion A Year
If Medicare paid the same prices as Medicaid and the Department of Veterans Affairs for brand name drugs, the federal
Read MoreSenators take aim at surprise billing for colorectal cancer screenings
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) U.S. senators are banding together to protect seniors from surprise billing after a
Read MoreHHS says it can’t eliminate Medicare appeals backlog by the end of 2020
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) In a court filing this week, HHS said it is unable to comply
Read MoreCMS fines UnitedHealthcare $2.5M over improper Medicare denials, delays
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS fined Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare $2.5 million after an audit found systemic compliance
Read MoreMore Than $40 Billion Lost Annually
Medicare wastes more taxpayer dollars than any other program government-wide, with more than $40 billion lost annually to provider billing
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