3 Stocks Benefiting from Boomers Embracing Medicare
Managed-care companies are riding a wave of increased enrollment due to an aging U.S. population.
Archive for February, 2012
Newt and Medicare Tax – Condemned or Vindicated – You be the Judge
Back in January I stood up for Newt Gingrich on the issue of him avoiding Medicare tax. I just noticed that I posted that on my birthday.?? Newt didn?t call to wish me happy birthday, but he has since done something to impress me.?? He proposed a lunar…
Newt and Medicare Tax – Condemned or Vindicated – You be the Judge
Back in January I stood up for Newt Gingrich on the issue of him avoiding Medicare tax. I just noticed that I posted that on my birthday. Newt didn't call to wish me happy birthday, but he has since done something to impress me. He proposed a l…
Medicare cost-cutting board in GOP sights
After voting last fall to scrap a long-term care program in President Obama's health care law, House Republicans homed in Wednesday on their next major target in the law by advancing legislation that would repeal a Medicare cost-cutting panel and w…
Medicare Part B deadline is approaching
If you didn’t sign up for Medicare Part B medical insurance when you first became eligible for Medicare, you now have an opportunity to apply — but time is running out. The deadline for applying during the general enrollment period is March 31.
7 accused of $375M Medicare, Medicaid fraud
– Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie….
Official: Doctor had recruiters in Medicare scheme
Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie.
7 accused of $375M Medicare, Medicaid fraud
Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie.
7 accused of $375M Medicare, Medicaid fraud
Years after Jacques Roy started filing paperwork that would have made his practice the busiest Medicare provider in the U.S., authorities say they've found most of his work was a lie.
A welcome offensive against Medicare fraud
Forget drug trafficking. For criminal enterprises, the real money is in Medicare.
From the A.M.A.: Medicare Doctor Payments
The president-elect of the American Medical Association responds to an editorial.
Biggest Medicare Fraud in History Busted, Say Feds
Federal officials say they have taken down the largest Medicare fraud scheme investigators have ever discovered: a $375 million dollar home healthcare scam operating in the Dallas, Texas area. The alleged "mastermind" of the fraud, Dr. Jacque…
Colorado docs often refuse or limit new Medicare patients, survey finds
A survey of Colorado primary care doctors found most are reluctant to take a new patient on basic Medicare, the government health insurance for people 65 and over.
7 accused of bilking $375M from Medicare, Medicaid
DALLAS—A Texas doctor has been charged with running a massive health fraud care scheme with thousands of fraudulent patients and intermediaries allegedly offering cash, food stamps or free groceries, to bilk Medicare and Medicaid of nearly $375 million.
7 accused of bilking $375M from Medicare, Medicaid
DALLAS—The owner of a Texas medical service provider was among seven people indicted in a massive health care fraud scheme that allegedly bilked Medicare and Medicaid of nearly $375 million, authorities announced Tuesday.