OIG to release final report uncovering CMS’ inaccurate Medicare fraud reduction claims
Aug 26, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General is expected to file a final report this week criticizing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for overstating its...
Experts: Medicare should help pay for long-term care coverage
Jul 22, 2008
Adding a long-term care benefit to the Medicare program would be a favorable way to help address the impending challenges related to the aging baby-boom generation, healthcare experts say in a new Commonwealth...
Medicare drug costs rise significantly, report finds
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Haymarket Media
May 15, 2007
The prices for the most prescribed brand-name medications under Medicare private insurance plans increased at more than twice the rate of the wholesale market. This difference could help revive legislation...
Study: Americans believe government should meet equally the health needs of both children and the elderly
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Haymarket Media
Sep 15, 2004
Americans believe that the healthcare needs of both children and the elderly are not being met, giving neither group priority over the other, according to a recent study. Most support a government-funded...
Democrats call for independent investigation into Scully’s threats
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Haymarket Media
Jul 09, 2004
A handful of Democrats requested an independent investigation after the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office determined former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...
Study: Most Americans do not have long-term care insurance
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Haymarket Media
May 20, 2004
More than 85% of American older than 45 years old do not have long-term insurance, according to a second annual survey released by the Long-Term Care Financing Strategy Group, Washington D.C. The study,...
Medicare and Social Security trustees forecasts $50 trillion gap
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Haymarket Media
Mar 22, 2004
The gap between what Medicare and Social Security programs promise to consumers and the revenues to pay for them could eventually be more than $50 trillion, according to an annual report to be released...
Medicare budget faces scrutiny as its actuary speaks out
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Haymarket Media
Mar 16, 2004
The Bush administration faces embarrassment and heated controversy for what appears to be deliberate withholding of internal cost estimates for the Medicare reform bill. The bill will far exceed the quoted...
Rockefeller continues drive to expand MedPAC authority
Jul 31, 2009
Sen. John Rockefeller IV (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health, Thursday continued advocating for a stronger role for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). He framed...
Laundrylux introduces ‘pay-as-you-use’ system
Sep 18, 2013
PLUS, a new “pay-as-you-use” system from Laundrylux, was introduced at Clean 2013 in New Orleans.