Nurses, AFL-CIO Unions To Host Michael Moore And Special Screening Of New Film At AFL-CIO Convention
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‘Reforming Medicare In The Age Of Deficit Reduction’ – Internal Medicine Physician Specialists Release Policy Paper
American College of Physicians says stakeholders across health care spectrum must work together to protect Medicare for future generations. A dozen recommendations to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have access to high-quality, coordinated care were provided today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). The new policy paper, 'Reforming Medicare in ...
Improving Primary Care Initiative By Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation
It is called the CPC (Comprehensive Primary Care) initiative, and aims to strengthen coordination and collaboration between private and public health care payers in order to improve primary care. According to Medicare, it will liaise with both commercial and State health insurance plans and offer financial incentives to primary care ...
Medicare/Medicaid Rule Increases Costs Without Improving Patient Outcomes For Defibrillator Implants
The cost to place an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) increased by $844 per case after a new requirement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) went into effect in February 2010, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the ...
Evaluating The Factors Underlying Medicare Decisions On Coverage Of Medical Technology
A new study by researchers at Tufts Medical Center provides unique insight into factors that affect Medicare decisions on whether to pay for medical technologies. The study, published online by the journal Medical Care, underscores that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has incorporated evidence-based medicine into its decision ...
Drug Costs, Not Volume, Cause Regional Differences In Medicare Drug Spending
The cost of medications through Medicare's subsidized prescription drug program varies from region to region across the United States largely due to the use of more expensive brand-name drugs and not because of the amount of drugs prescribed, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh ...
Medicare Plans Recruit Healthy Seniors By Offering Gym Benefits
Because healthy enrollees cost them less, Medicare Advantage plans would profit from selecting seniors based on their health, but Medicare strictly forbids practices such as denying coverage based on existing conditions. Another way to build a more profitable membership is to design insurance benefits that attract the healthiest patients. In ...
“It’s The Economy” – Say Medicare Beneficiaries
According to a survey, 45% of 337 retirees on Medicare consider the economy the most vital issue the United States faces in 2012, followed by health care (15%), national debt (21%), and jobs (19%). 43% of survey respondents anticipate that the economy will remain "about the same" next year. 24% ...