Medicare providers exempt from fee-collection rule
Jul 29, 2008
Medicare providers will not face penalties if they do not collect retroactive fee increases from beneficiaries as a result of changes to Medicare payment rates, according to the Health and Human Services...
Opposition to Medicare cuts grows in Senate
Jul 29, 2008
Nearly half of the nation’s senators have voiced objections to proposed Medicare cuts of $770 million in fiscal year 2009, according to the American Health Care Association and the Alliance for Quality...
Medicare spending to stay intact under House resolution
Jul 28, 2008
The House voted not to act this year on legislation to reduce Medicare spending.
HHS program to pay healthcare professionals who e-prescribe
Jul 22, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a new incentive program to help spur the advancement of electronic prescribing practices.
Congress confident it can beat Bush veto of Medicare bill
Jul 14, 2008
Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Friday said they believed they could override a presidential veto of a Medicare bill that would block implementation of therapy caps and halt a 10.6% cut in Medicare...
States give most long-term care Medicaid funds to nursing homes, AARP finds
Jul 14, 2008
Nursing homes still receive the lion’s share of state long-term care Medicaid funding, according to AARP, which released a new report highlighting the problems and promises of state long-term care...
Congress likely to hold off on spending bills until end of Bush reign
Jul 11, 2008
Rather than wage a budgetary battle with a departing president, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Thursday that the Democratically controlled Congress will likely wait “until Senator...
Bush may veto Medicare bill
Jul 11, 2008
President Bush indicated Thursday that he plans to veto the Medicare bill that would restore the exceptions process for Medicare Part B therapy caps and would block a scheduled physician payment cut.
Senate passes Medicare bill, Kennedy returns for vote
Jul 10, 2008
After keeping the healthcare community in a state of uncertainty for several days, the Senate late Wednesday passed the Medicare bill that continues the exceptions process for Medicare Part B therapy caps...
Senators pushing for vote on Medicare bill by week’s end
Jul 08, 2008
Senate Democratic leaders are hoping for a vote on the critical Medicare bill by the end of the week, news and industry sources say.