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Strong Medicare Advantage Returns Help NY Health Plans, Says Report
Most commercial health plans in New York maintained profits in 2008 despite the onset of the recession because they...
CMS Delays Enforcement of Physician Supervision for Critical Access Hospitals
Critical access hospitals have received a reprieve of sorts from CMS. CMS will not evaluate or enforce the "direct...
Therapy Cap Exceptions Extension Helps Long-Term Care Facilities
The Temporary Extension Act of 2010 that aims to help unemployed Americans, including extending unemployment insurance...
Harmful Event Detection Misses Problems, Results in Medicare Overpayments, Says OIG
The system that CMS uses to identify hospital-caused incidents that harm patients misses many such adverse events...
Two Nursing Home Chains Pay $14M to Settle Kickback Probe
Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care Inc., subsidiary SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC, and their principals...
Ex-LA hospital owner convicted of Medicare fraud gets prison for recruiting Skid Row patients
A former Los Angeles hospital owner has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for paying a recruiter to...
Absolute Total Care Looks to Purchase SC Medicaid Plan
Absolute Total Care, Centene Corporation's South Carolina subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase...
Medicare Addresses Payment Concerns Related to H1N1
To answer questions about how to give and get reimbursed for care during a disaster or pandemic, federal health...
Long-term care issue not being addressed, bipartisan panel says
The United States is not prepared to deal with a burgeoning elderly population that is living longer while the costs of...
Magazine: Medicare Part D
Medicare Part D: Millions of Medicare beneficiaries became eligible for prescription drug coverage when Medicare Part...