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Southern Illinois University researchers determined Medicare beneficiaries living in rural areas were 27% more likely than urban recipients to have total knee or hip replacement surgeries. Researchers found women were more likely than men to undergo total joint replacement surgeries.
- Help available for Medicare plan (thecamarilloacorn.com)
- Health Net Reminds Medicare Beneficiaries They Can Count On Health... (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Time to choose a Medicare Rx plan (theacorn.com)
Becomes an issue in health care reform debate
WASHINGTON The nation's leaders are looking to South Florida, a cauldron of swindles by and against the elderly, for lessons on how to stem Medicare fraud to help pay for a health care overhaul.
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- Enrollment in Medicare prescription drug plan open until year’s end (simivalleyacorn.com)
- 2010 Open Enrollment For Medicare Prescription Drug And Health Plan Coverage... (medicalnewstoday.com)
- John Williams: Time to hunt for Medicare prescription drug plan (theheraldbulletin.com)
Red Carpet to have free seminar
Area residents having trouble choosing a Medicare part D plan are invited to the Red Carpet Health Care Center on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. for a free seminar on Medicare prescription drug plans and to find out what plan may best
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- Opinion column: Seniors should enroll in Medicare prescription plan now (eagletribune.com)
Tom Scully talked about how Medicare Part D operates, who is eligible for it, and the impact that health care legislation may have on it.
Length: 44 min.Published: Today at 8:18am (ET)
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- Medicare Paid Over $92 Million In Incentives For 2008 Under The Physician... (medicalnewstoday.com)
- HHS Employs New Tougher Standards In Calculation Of Improper Medicare Payment... (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Approves FDG PET For Cervical Cancer... (medicalnewstoday.com)
Medicare Paid Over $92 Million in Incentives for 2008 Under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (HHS)
More than 85,000 physicians and other eligible professionals who successfully reported quality-related data to Medicare under the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) received incentive payments totaling more than $92 million, the Centers [...]
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- Medicare paid $92M-plus in 2008 incentives (bizjournals.com)
- PQRI Payments Up, Headaches Remain (dmreview.com)
GAO found "pervasive deficiencies" in contract management by metro-Baltimore's own Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which run the giant federal health programs. The Government Accountability Office concluded: "The continuing weaknesses in contracting activities and limited progress in addressing known...
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- New From the GAO (docuticker.com)
Efforts to crack down on Medicare fraud heat up while some experts say more should be done. Reuters reports that the "The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services launched a special strike force in Miami in 2007 to combat Medicare fraud in South Florida and similar units have been set up in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit.
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