TAMPA - Federal officials quietly canceled enrollments of about 30,000 Medicare beneficiaries from the troubled Any, Any, Any health insurance plan soon after its launch Jan. 1 and are withholding money from the company’s payments as reimbursement for premiums covering months they were enrolled, government and company officials confirmed this week.
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Tuesday held a hearing to consider proposals to revise the Medicare reimbursement system for anemia medications administered to kidney dialysis patients, Dow Jones reports. Several studies in recent years have found that the system provides an incentive for dialysis centers to overprescribe anemia medications, according to CMS. [click link for full …
June 29, 2007 - Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag on Thursday at a House Budget Committee hearing said that a reduction of reimbursements to private fee-for-service plans in Medicare Advantage would not result in large savings, CQ HealthBeat reports.
A Florida-based medical equipment company owner has been convicted of defrauding Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Vancouver, BC, June 29, 2007–(T-Net)–MAKE Technologies, an industry leader in application modernization, announced a formal contract has been signed with the Government of New Brunswick to provide a Medicare Legacy Modernization Solution, in partnership with IBM Canada Limited and Barrington Technology Partners Inc. The modernization portion of the contract to replace the existing Medicare …
On Thursday, June 28, 2007, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) joined several members of the kidney community in requesting U.S. House of Representative Howard L. Berman to join more than two-dozen members of Congress in becoming an original cosponsor of legislation that would extend Medicare Part B coverage of immunosuppressive medications. [click link for full article]
Several newspapers recently published articles addressing Medicare. Summaries appear below. [click link for full article]
Companies in the medical imaging equipment industry are lobbying Congress to overturn Medicare cuts that took effect in January, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports. The cuts reduced Medicare reimbursements to doctors for performing X-rays, MRIs and other tests. For example, reimbursements to doctors for MRI scans have decreased an average of 38% Nationwide. The cuts are expected to save $2. [click …
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