Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) on Wednesday introduced companion bills (S 1218 and H 2034) that would allow U.S. residents younger than age 65 to enroll in Medicare, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article]
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U.S. Medicare Monday proposed a $690 million increase in payments to nursing homes.
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April 30, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal on Monday examined how insurers are working to stop the proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage payments. As part of its lobbying campaign, America’s health insurance plans on Monday is scheduled to introduce a “minority advisory committee” — made up of more than 30 black, Hispanic and Asian-American leaders from 16 states, the Journal reports.
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March 30, 2007 – The Capitol seems to be awash with Medicare legislation.
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Government health care policy-makers met last week to discuss ways to expand incentives for health care providers to use telemedicine applications and systems. Members of the American Health Information Community (AHIC)’s chronic care workgroup met to try to remove rules that allow providers of remote health care to be reimbursed by Medicare only if they work in specific geographic areas …
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House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chair Pete Stark (D-Calif.) on Wednesday announced that by July he plans to introduce legislation to reduce Medicare reimbursements for private Medicare advantage plans to help fund other health care proposals, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article]
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April 30, 2007 – Senior citizens and disabled Americans discover a host of problems, including unanticipated costs and barriers to getting care, when they get sick and need care through their Medicare private health plans, according to a new report from the Medicare Rights Center.
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Amedisys, Inc. , one of America’s leading home health nursing companies, commented today on the Centers for Medicare & medicaid services home health PPS refinement and rate update.
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