Medicare: Medicine's last great gravy train
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- When feds smell fraud, they settle in. Taylor, Mark // Modern Healthcare;04/19/99, Vol. 29 Issue 16, p30
Describes how the United States federal government treats Medicare billing fraud. Comments from Neil Caesar, president of the Health Law Center; Information on cases of fraud.
- Paying hospitals to produce fewer residents. Rose, Joan R. // Medical Economics;10/27/97, Vol. 74 Issue 21, p25
Focuses on the announcement made by federal government in connection to the demonstration project in which Medicare would pay 41 hospitals in New York State. What would these payments allow for; Advantages posed towards Medicare; Information on what these incentive payments are part of.
- Big Medicare changes ahead. Niedzielski, Joe // National Underwriter / Life & Health Financial Services;12/22/97-12/29/97, Vol. 101 Issue 51, p2
Focuses on the changes that will take place in the Medicare program due to direct contracting with the federal government. Initial interest in the part of beneficiaries; Private fee-for-service (FSS) plans; Duplication on managed care's success in stemming health care costs in the private sector.
- It's payday. // People's Medical Society Newsletter;Aug98, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p5
Reports that the United States federal government's push against Medicare fraud has resulted in an increased Medicare savings. Growth of fraud-fighting capabilities in the government; Reports given by the government which was published in the `Modern Healthcare' in February 2, 1998.
- MEDICARE FRAUD STING NETS MORE THAN 100 PROVIDERS. // Medical Economics;3/10/2011, Vol. 88 Issue 5, p25
The article reports on the federal government's move to suppress Medicare fraud in the U.S.
- Rules to follow. Hallam, Kristen; Weissenstein, Eric // Modern Healthcare;02/16/98, Vol. 28 Issue 7, p14
Reports that the federal government has handed hospitals the Medicare billing compliance model which is voluntary and can be tailored to fit various types of institutions. Purpose of the model; Guidelines offered by the model; Information about the model plan. INSET: Highlights of HHS' model...
- Part D shifts drug spending to Medicare. // Drug Store News;2/11/2008, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p45
The article reports that Medicare Part D drug benefit program shifts drug spending to Medicare in Alexandria, Virginia. The Part D has transferred much of the expenditure for prescription drugs from Medicaid to Medicare by federal and state government agencies. According to the study, in the...
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Beal, Earl; Uhlendorf, Karl; Barmon, Susan // Hill;6/1/2011, Vol. 18 Issue 75, p20
Three letters to the editor are presented, one on the move of the U.S. federal government to default on its debt if the debt limit is not upwardly revised, one on the wish for Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan to stop pandering to the insurance industry, another one on the article "Pelosi: Drug...
- SENIOR SQUEEZE. Ford, Judy // Boise Weekly;10/26/2011, Vol. 20 Issue 18, p6
The article informs about an increase in the premium for current Medicare recipients, in addition to high federal taxes, by the federal government of the United States.
