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HIGHLAND — The Rose Women’s Care Service has received $2,500 to be used for increasing awareness of the benefits of screening for diabetes and pre-diabetes offered by Medicare.

UMC is Nevada’s only kidney transplant center and its losing its certification and funding December 3rd. According to the Centers For Medicare and medicaid services, the hospital does not meet patient survival requirements.

Nevada’s Congressional delegation is asking Medicare and medicaid services to reconsider their decision to revoke UMC’s kidney transplant program.

Professional Healthcare Resources, Inc., one of the largest proprietary Medicare certified home healthcare agencies based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, is proud to announce that it has been named to the 2008 Homecare Elite.

UMC officials are fighting the decision to strip the hospital of its kidney transplant certification. medicaid and medicare revoked the license because of what they call a lower than average patient survival rate.

HATTIESBURG — Forrest General Home Care, a service of Forrest General Hospital, was recently named to the 2008 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the most successful Medicare-certified home healthcare providers in the United States.

CMS officials on Friday said that the agency likely will take regulatory action this week to address concerns about commissions that some insurers plan to pay their agents for enrolling beneficiaries in Medicare advantage plans, the AP/Miami Herald reports. CMS on Sept.

Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., will hold informational meetings about its Medicare Advantage plan, Advocare.

Massachusetts‘ largest health insurer will require doctors to use computer prescription systems by 2011 if they want to qualify for bonus payments. The change by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts comes a year ahead of a similar requirement by the federal government for doctors who treat Medicare patients.

If you are looking for a kidney donor, you may soon have to head out of state to get the actual transplant done. The only transplant center in Nevada, UMC, is losing its government funding after a scathing report from the Center for Medicare and medicaid services.

LANHAM, Md.—-Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software today announced that Companion Data services , LLC, a provider of information technology services to support public health insurance programs administered by the Centers for Medicare & medicaid services , has selected its Finalist® address quality solution to cleanse addresses and better process insurance claims.

Tough new steps must be taken to prevent fraud and abuse in Medicare, says the American Association for Homecare, which today announced 13 specific recommendations that could eliminate most of the Medicare fraud attributed to the home medical equipment sector.

Medicare provider slumps on poor investments, tepid guidance.

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