GAO: Feds not doing enough to protect Medicare beneficiaries’ data
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve how it handles beneficiary data being shared with others, especially research organizations, according to a new report from the Government...
Night shift may hike Type 2 diabetes risk
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
Night-shift work is linked to an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetes Care. British and American researchers compared diabetes prevalence among 47,000 night-shift...
High court to consider case cutting unions’ forced fees
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
The nation’s highest court is considering a case that could weaken public unions’ dues collection efforts and ultimately limit their power. Mark Janus, an Illinois child support specialist,...
A Day in the Life: Dolls bring life to nursing home
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
More than two dozen residents of a Kentucky nursing home are rocking new babies to sleep each day, embracing a gift of love any parent can appreciate. Volunteer Sandy Cambron delivered 28 lifelike dolls...
Lawmakers target SNFs’ big payer for fraud, waste cuts
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 08, 2018
A pair of Congressional subcommittees focused on oversight have banded together to examine ways to reduce Medicaid fraud and waste.
Judge draws line in Massachusetts: Wrongful death claimants must enter arbitration if residents signed...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 05, 2018
Wrongful death plaintiffs in Massachusetts must take claims against nursing homes to arbitration, regardless of whether they or their deceased relatives were the ones to sign an agreement.
Expanded Medicare diabetes prevention program rolls out
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 05, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is in the fourth day of an innovative new diabetes prevention program that aims to save lives — and as much as $182 million over 10 years by linking with...
AG wants ‘aggressive’ pursuit of Medicare ‘fraudsters,’ despite reluctance to...
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 03, 2018
New research from AARP shows Medicare loses $60 billion each year to fraud or waste, an estimate Attorney General Jeff Sessions said may be too low.
Lawsuit claims nursing home managers scammed resident, sold her house, gave her only $2k for it
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 02, 2018
An Illinois woman is suing a nursing home and two former employees for allegedly selling her house against her wishes — then paying her only $2,000 for it.
Instead of saving $2+ billion, early Medicare ACOs drove up federal healthcare costs $384 million, study...
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 30, 2018
An independent analysis from consulting firm Avalere finds the Medicare Shared Savings Program has underperformed when compared to the government’s own cost-saving predictions.