Better benefits management, introduction of Part E could improve Medicare
Apr 07, 2009
To achieve both cost savings and quality improvements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should consider a significantly broader approach to managing Medicare benefits, according to a recent...
Report: Elderly not hiding assets to receive Medicaid
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Haymarket Media
May 16, 2005
The premise that many older people are concealing wealth to gain Medicaid-covered nursing home care has little supporting evidence, a report from the Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project...
AHCA warns Washington not to ignore Medicare and Medicaid
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Haymarket Media
Feb 07, 2005
President Bush must consider the big picture and not forget about Medicare and Medicaid in his goal to “fix” what’s wrong with our nation’s retirement system, according to Hal Daub,...
New Hampshire proposal to cut back nursing home eligibility
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Haymarket Media
Jan 28, 2005
New Hampshire would restrict many Medicaid recipients from getting nursing home care under newly proposed legislation, a stark example of states’ attempts to pare down Medicaid costs.
Providers should prepare to face even more audits under healthcare reform, expert warns
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 27, 2012
Providers need to have the appropriate staff and data analytics programs in place to defend against the onslaught of more Medicare and Medicaid claims audits, an expert urged.
Employers likely to keep offering health insurance under healthcare reform law, report says
Oct 24, 2011
Employee-sponsored insurance (ESI) will largely stay in place under the Affordable Care Act, though factors such as states’ individual insurance exchanges will affect employers’ decisions,...
Study: End-of-life care planning improves quality of life of terminally ill patients
Aug 20, 2009
Amid the brouhaha over advance care planning, a new study finds that such counseling actually makes dying cancer patients feel better.
Diabetes diagnosis rates soaring
Feb 12, 2008
The number of seniors with diabetes jumped roughly 23% between the years 1993-1994 and 2003-2004, according to a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
GE, Microsoft to launch health data firm
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2012
Microsoft announced that it will partner with General Electric to form a new company that makes healthcare information more accessible. The partners said they hope to optimize the treatment that healthcare...
FDA panel approves first biosimilar drug
Mar 10, 2015
The Food and Drug Administration approved its first biosimilar product last week, opening the door for more costly drug alternatives.