Medicare allocates 15 million to health insurance counseling helping beneficiaries to learn about Medicare health insurance program.
The Centers for Medicare %26amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that an additional $15 million will be distributed to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) to help people with Medicare get more information about their health care choices.
The $15 [...]
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The House on Thursday voted214-210 to approve a $3.1 trillion fiscal year 2009 budget resolution (S ConRes 70) that includes increases in funds for domestic programs and excludesreductions in funds for Medicare and Medicaid proposed by President Bush, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. The Senate approved theresolution on Wednesday (Taylor, AP/Kansas City Star, 6/6).
The resolution [...]
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Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) laid outthe %26quot;final, contentious details%26quot; of legislation that would halt a10.6% cut to Medicare physician fees, among other provisions, CQ Todayreports. Baucus plans to introduce the legislation on Friday.
Earlier this week, Baucus outlined some provisions of the working measure,which is %26quot;[p]rimarily a Democratic product,%26quot; according to CQ [...]
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TwoFloridanewspapers recently reported on developments in Medicare rules and their impacton state health care providers and medical equipment suppliers. Summariesappear below.
Competitive bidding program: The new Medicare durable medical equipment bidding program aimed at reducing fraudulent activities and beneficiaries’ health care costs could impact medical [...]
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The nation’s leading assisted living association is urging Congress to provide relief from drug co-payments for more than 100,000 poor seniors who live in assisted living communities.
%26quot;More and more, seniors are looking to assisted living as their preferred senior housing option,%26quot; said Richard Grimes, the President and CEO of the Assisted Living Federation of America, [...]
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