Profile of persons with disabilities in Medicare and Medicaid
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- Medicare fraud probes may increase. Levenson, Deborah // AHA News;01/10/2000, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p2
Reports on a federal law that extends Medicare and Medicaid benefits to more disabled people in the United States. Impact on health care organizations; Details of the fraud clause included in legislation introduced by Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA); Views of Tom Nickels, American Hospital...
- Diagnostic risk adjustment for Medicaid: The Disability Payment System. Kronick, Richard; Dreyfus, Tony // Health Care Financing Review;Spring96, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p7
Describes a system of diagnostic categories that Medicaid program can use for adjusting capitation payments to health plans that enroll people with disability. Need for risk-adjusted payment; Disability Payment System; Comparison with other systems.
- Medicaid. Greene, Jan // H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;10/05/97, Vol. 71 Issue 19, p28
Cites that people with disabilities represent the highest consumer of the Medicaid benefits. Recommendation to develop an agenda controlling the cost and caring for the disabled Medicaid beneficiaries from June Gibbs Brown, inspector general for the United States Department of Health and Human...
- Access and satisfaction within the disabled Medicare population. Rosenbach, Margo L. // Health Care Financing Review;Winter95, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p147
Focuses on the availability and access of medical care to handicapped Medicare enrollees in the United States. Mental classification of beneficiaries under 65 years of age; Access and satisfaction variables; Predisposing factors to access care; Characteristics of disabled Medicare...
- Staying Healthy to Stay in the Workforce: The Role of Health Insurance. Hall, Jean P. // Policy & Practice (19426828);Jun2009, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p24
The article offers information on the high-risk health insurance pools coverage in Kansas. It states that people can qualify the pool when they have been turned down by two different insurance companies and offered a plan that permanently excludes coverage for pre-existing health condition. In...
- CMS posts hospital reimbursement costs for the public. // Materials Management in Health Care;Jul2006, Vol. 15 Issue 7, p5
The article reports that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has publicly posted information on what Medicare pays hospitals for 30 common elective surgical procedures. The information indicates the range of payments hospital facilities receive for treating seniors and people with...
- Uncovering The Health Challenges Facing People With Disabilities: The Role Of Health Insurance. Hanson, Kristina W.; Neuman, Patricia; Dutwin, David; Kasper, Judith D. // Health Affairs;Jul/Aug2003 Supplement, pW3-552
Americans with disabilities have wide-ranging health care needs and face serious challenges in the health care system. This 2003 survey of 1,505 nonelderly adults with disabilities finds relatively large shares of people with disabilities reporting cost-related barriers to care. The study also...
- recover costs of care with community partners. Hutner, Michael // hfm (Healthcare Financial Management);Nov2010, Vol. 64 Issue 11, p106
The article discusses ways on how hospitals that partner with community agencies can obtain Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements in the U.S. It states that chief financial officers (CFOs) of hospitals may call on agencies to help them recover costs of uncompensated care to people with...
- CMS Oversight of Part D Sponsors' Fraud and Abuse Programs Has Been Limited, but CMS Plans Oversight Expansion. King, Kathleen M. // GAO Reports;3/3/2010, preceding p1
The article reports on issues related to the Medicare Part D administration in the U.S., by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). It stresses that the implementation of the country's medical policy is at risk for waste, fraud, and abuse. It notes that the Medicare Part D which is...
