Searching 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
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SHERROD 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 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
Read MoreFMC, Redmond facing readmission penalties; Medicare fines are part of healthcare reform
(By - Diane Wagner, via www.northwestgeorgianews.com) Floyd County’s two hospitals are among the 67 percent in Georgia that will pay
Read MoreStudy puts Medicare’s three-day inpatient hospital stay in focus
(By - Adam Smeltz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Medicine has changed a lot since the 1960s, but Medicare still has in place
Read MoreMedPAC Issues 2015 Medicare Data Book
(By - Debra McCurdy, via www.jdsupra.com) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its 2015 Data Book on Health
Read MoreOIG Reports Medicare Part B Overpaid $35.8 Million for Outpatient Drugs
(By - King & Spalding, via www.jdsupra.com) According to a recent report by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG),
Read MoreBe smart: Research Medicare plans, costs, benefits
(By - Rick Bloom, www.hometownlife.com) Medicare, the government-sponsored program to provide health care for those who age 65 and older,
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