Hialeah pharmacy owner pleads guilty to $1.6M Medicare fraud
(By - Nina Lincoff , South Florida Business Journal) Hialeah resident and pharmacy owner Tamara Esponda pleaded guilty Friday to
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Author: Gerry Hafer
Know Your Options Before Signing Up for Medicare
(Source - www.elderlawanswers.com) As you get ready to turn 65, you may be inundated with information about Medicare. All this
Read MoreHP subsidiary lands $300M contract to detect Medicare fraud
(By - Virgil Dickson, www.modernhealthcare.com) The CMS has awarded SafeGuard Services a contract worth up to $300 million to help
Read MoreNew Health Policy Brief: Medicare’s Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
(By -Lucy Larner, healthaffairs.org) A new policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) addresses Medicare’s
Read MoreSearching for home health care just got easier
(By - Bob Moos, www.dentonrc.com) Medicare has just begun publishing star ratings for home health care agencies to help consumers
Read MoreSHERROD BROWN Fighting to reduce the cost of prescription drugs
(Source - clermontsun.com) Just like Medicare – which celebrated its 50th Anniversary last week – prescription drugs have helped Americans
Read MoreCMS Publishes Final FY 2016 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities PPS Rule
(By - Debra McCurdy, Reed Smith) Today CMS published its final rule updating payment policies and rates for the Medicare
Read MoreCEO of health care company charged in undercover fraud probe
(By - Patrick M. O’Connell, Chicago Tribune) Doctors and nurses made visit after visit to the elderly man’s home, even
Read MoreNew bill would require more secure Medicare cards
(By - Northeast Times Staff, boyle.house.gov) Congressman Brendan Boyle joined a bipartisan coalition on July 28 to introduce the Medicare
Read MoreObamacare ‘robbed’ Medicare of $700B, says Huckabee
(By - Linda Qiu, www.politifact.com) Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee accused “illegals, prostitutes, pimps, (and) drug dealers” of freeloading off
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