Marc Huestis, San Francisco I hate to say it, but I’m lucky I have HIV. There are good free services for us folk who don’t make a lot but need health services. I make too much to qualify for Medicare, but not enough to afford health care. I’m covered by Ryan…
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Presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Thursday in Lebanon, N.H., announced a proposal to improve health care quality, the AP/Washington Times reports. During a speech at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Clinton said that the proposal would increase Medicare reimbursements for physicians who participate in certification programs. [click link for full article]
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Congress is trying to balance the Medicare budget, and some painful cuts they’re having to make affect patients in San Antonio.
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Efforts to protect patients from infectious superbugs lurking in hospitals have gotten a boost from a new Medicare policy that denies payment to facilities for costs to treat patients who’ve been harmed.
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Aug. 28, 2007 – The Centers for Medicare and medicaid services today issued final regulations prohibiting physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain items, services and tests provided by businesses in which they or their immediate family members have a financial interest.
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LOS ANGELES—-Zynx Health, the leader in evidence-based healthcare, today announced that the use of its products can help hospitals reduce financial risk in the wake of recent policy changes enacted by the Center for Medicare and medicaid services .
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Medicare programs are often a tangled bureaucratic web for recipients, so federal health officials stopped in Fresno on Sunday morning to answer questions.
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Several newspapers published editorials on a new rule under which Medicare no longer will reimburse hospitals for the treatment of certain preventable conditions. Summaries appear below. [click link for full article]
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The registration deadline for competitive bidding is August 27, 2007. All bids are due by 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 25, 2007; and the accreditation deadline is October 31, 2007. If you are having trouble submitting bids for the first round of the Medicare competitive bidding program, please contact AAHomecare. [click link for full [...]
The Medicare Bus pulled into Chico Friday morning with a message for seniors: Take advantage of covered health screenings.
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plan to take early retirement at age 62. Will my Medicare coverage begin then?
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Washington — Democrats pushed through legislation yesterday to add 6 million lower-income children to a popular health-insurance program while making deep cuts in federal payments to Medicare HMOs, defying a veto threat from President Bush.
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Washington, D.C. (August 24, 2007) — A newly released, in-depth 2006 survey of seniors strongly suggests that Medicare Part D is working to expand coverage to those previously without drug coverage – especially seniors with chronic conditions taking multiple medications, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) said today.
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When an auto mechanic breaks one part while fixing another, would you pay for it?
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The political project of the Service Employees International Union has gathered the support of more than 7,000 Nevada voters, from young activists to senior Medicare recipients.
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