Dozens of companies approved to sponsor Medicare drug cards
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Haymarket Media
Mar 30, 2004
Dozens of Medicare prescription drug cards have been approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. Twenty-eight private entities and 43 managed care plans will be sponsors of the cards. About...
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dennis G. Smith defended President Bush’s 2003 reform proposal for Medicaid at the National Conference of State Legislatures meeting in Washington,...
Senate confirms McClellan’s nomination as CMS administrator
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Haymarket Media
Mar 15, 2004
The Senate confirmed President Bush’s nomination of Mark McClellan as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator in a voice vote without formal debate. McClellan’s nomination had...
Bush administration airs ads touting Medicare law
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Haymarket Media
Feb 05, 2004
The Bush administration began to air a 30-second ad Tuesday on network and cable television — a two-month $9.5 million endeavor to ratchet public support for the revised Medicare law and counteract...
Thompson: Healthcare technology could save providers billions
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Haymarket Media
Jan 28, 2004
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday that improvement in healthcare technology could save providers more than $100 billion. He was addressing healthcare leaders...
Nursing home workers found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning
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Haymarket Media
Jan 20, 2004
Investigators are exploring a San Diego nursing home where two employees were found dead last week. Medical examiners determined the cause of the deaths to be carbon monoxide poisoning.
MedPAC gives nursing homes thumbs down again
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Haymarket Media
Jan 15, 2004
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has again recommended that skilled nursing facilities receive no inflationary payment adjustment in the coming year. The congressional advisory arm made a similar...
Survey: Healthcare ranks high with voters for 2004
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Haymarket Media
Jan 15, 2004
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has again recommended that skilled nursing facilities receive no inflationary payment adjustment in the coming year. The congressional advisory arm made a similar...