Medicare Unveils ‘Skeletal’ Site For Hospice Comparison Shopping
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Medicare launched a website aimed at helping families choose a hospice — but
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Important Decisions Involved in Signing Up for Medicare
If you are approaching your 65 th birthday, you have an important decision to make - signing up for Medicare.
Read MoreFINDING A HOSPICE PROVIDER JUST GOT EASIER
(Source -blog.medicare.gov/2017/08/16/hospice-compare/) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working diligently to make healthcare quality information more transparent
Read MoreA Review of the Basics of Medicare
If you or someone you know is approaching age 65 and starting to think about Medicare, the attached article will
Read MoreMedicare Annual Wellness Visit
Even though the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) has gradually gained in popularity with older adults, still only a minority
Read MoreMedicare’s Fraud Audit is Undergoing a Major Overhaul
The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to implement a new audit strategy in which Medicare administrative contractors, or
Read MoreAppeals court overturns ruling requiring HHS to clear Medicare appeals backlog by 2021
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia on Friday overturned
Read MoreCMS will cancel major bundled payment initiatives
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has proposed canceling the cardiac and expanded joint replacement bundled payment models.
Read MoreEnd-Of-Life Advice: More Than 500,000 Chat On Medicare’s Dime
(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) The 90-year-old woman in the San Diego-area nursing home was quite clear, said
Read MoreObesity And Depression Are Entwined, Yet Scientists Don’t Know Why
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) About 15 years ago, Dr. Sue McElroy, a psychiatrist in Mason, Ohio, started
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