Berwick supporters urge Obama, Senate to hold confirmation hearings
Mar 22, 2011
Embattled Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick received a shot of support recently from a number of high-profile colleagues in the medical field, according to news sources.
CMS releases drug maker agreement in move to close Medicare Part D coverage gap
Aug 04, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday took the next step in its bid to close the Medicare Part D coverage gap: It released a drug maker agreement that will secure 50% savings for beneficiaries...
House committee passes budget deal with changes to asset transfer rules
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Haymarket Media
Nov 16, 2005
The House Energy and Commerce Committee late last week approved its fiscal year 2006 budget reconciliation package that includes nearly $9.5 billion in Medicaid cuts over five years. The package also includes...
Medicaid commission will have one LTC member
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Haymarket Media
Jul 11, 2005
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt last week named members for the controversial Medicaid Commission. Participants will include non-voting member Douglas Struyk, who is president and CEO...
Smith decides not to join Medicaid commission
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Haymarket Media
Jun 15, 2005
The main champion of a Medicaid commission reportedly has turned down a request to participate in the commission, further undermining the newly chartered body.
Social Security, other elderly programs pose future spending worries
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Haymarket Media
Feb 04, 2005
President Bush continues to make a case for restructuring Social Security, a main plank of his State of the Union address Wednesday. But dissenters are pointing out that the federal program represents...
HHS nominee leaves open possibility for federal Medicaid cuts
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Haymarket Media
Jan 21, 2005
The next person likely to become the nation’s top healthcare official says that he “refused to rule out” Medicaid budget cuts and added he would not confirm whether the Bush administration...
Report predicts another ‘Balanced Budget Act,’ drastic Medicare cuts
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Haymarket Media
Nov 10, 2004
Growing federal deficits mean that a second Balanced Budget Act is becoming more likely, and that would mean deep Medicare cuts again, according to a respected research group.
Report: Damages cap leads to unwilling plaintiffs lawyers
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Haymarket Media
Aug 03, 2004
The $250,000 cap on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice lawsuits has led to fewer attorneys willing to file such lawsuits, according to a Los Angeles Times investigative article. Medical...
Pennsylvania Medicaid improperly paid sanctioned nursing homes
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Haymarket Media
Jul 12, 2004
Pennsylvania’s Medicaid agency wrongly paid more than $75,000 to 13 skilled nursing facilities that had been sanctioned for poor quality of care between 1999 and 2003, costing the federal government...