Recent Action in the Congress
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- Group to monitor rules for saving accounts. Gardner, Jonathan // Modern Healthcare;12/4/95, Vol. 25 Issue 49, p42
Reports that Republicans of the US Congress are planning the implementation of Medicare medical savings account. Use of capitated government payment to join high-deductible private health insurance plans so that savings will be entered into the medical savings account; Arguments against the plans.
- AAO pleased with glaucoma benefit added to Medicare. Medeiros, Susanne // Ophthalmology Times;03/01/2001, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p16
Discusses an additional benefit to Medicare legislation in the United States which offered coverage for those at a higher risk of developing glaucoma including Afro-Americans. Services included in the coverage; Stark II physician self-referral ban; Provision requiring ophthalmologists to...
- Finding lock for trust fund. Gardner, Jonathan // Modern Healthcare;02/19/2001, Vol. 31 Issue 8, p44
Reports on a legislation that would bar Congress from intervening with the Medicare Part A trust fund to pay for spending or tax cuts in the United States. Overview of the legislation; Information on Medicare bills introduced by Senator John Breaux (D-La.) and Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on...
- Industry Wary On Medicare Prescription Drug Bill. Fisher, Mary Jane // National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;4/26/99, Vol. 103 Issue 17, p1
States that health insurers are wary of the bill introduced in the United States Congress that seek to provide Medicare beneficiaries with a prescription drug benefit. Highlights on the bill; Sponsors of the bill.
- Medicare expansion unlikely to make it through Congress. Geisel, Jerry // Crain's Cleveland Business;06/26/2000, Vol. 21 Issue 27, p36
Reports on efforts of United States legislators to draft and reach an agreement on legislation that would expand Medicare to include coverage for prescription drugs. Introduction of a Medicare drug benefit package in which beneficiaries would receive coverage for certain expenses; Potential...
- Insurers win and lose in Congress. Fisher, Mary Jane // National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;11/20/95, Vol. 99 Issue 47, p1
Reports on developments in the lobbying activities of insurers concerning provisions of the Medicare budget cuts affecting the insurance industry. United States Senate approval of the licensing of Provider Service Organizations (PSO); Tax bill agreement on COLI policies; Solvency standards for...
- Answer to your questions about... Davino, Margaret M. // Medical Economics;8/6/2004, Vol. 81 Issue 15, p17
Presents a question-and-answer advisory regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the U.S. Difference between privacy rule and security rule; Exemptions from the security regulations; Provisions regarding the appointment of a separate security officer.
- LEGISLATIVE Scorecard. // Legal-Legislative Reporter;Jul2007, Vol. 41 Issue 7, p14
A list of proposed legislation of interest to the employee benefits industry as of July 2007 is presented including the Medicare for All Act, the Health Insurance for Life Act of 2007 and the Health Coverage, Affordability, Responsibility and Equity Act of 2007.
- A primary concern. Taylor, Mark // Modern Healthcare;1/5/2004, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p12
Focuses on a provision of the U.S. Medicare reform law which ensures the program $9 billion savings from 2004 to 2013 and makes collection for healthcare claims payment easy. Clarification for Medicare as a health benefit; Liability of hospitals under the Medicare secondary payer law; Cause of...
