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Medicare tackles marketing abuses

Health & Fitness – Here'sa primer to help you understand the latest regulations proposed by federal regulators for private plans that operate under Medicare.

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Senators Take Input From Fmr. HHS Leaders For 2009 Health…

Politics – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this week solicited ideas from former secretaries of health and human services Donna Shalala and Tommy Thompson as the Finance panel launched a series of hearings…

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Health Pros Make Medicare Cuts NC Election Issue

Politics – In advance of North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, state and national long term care leaders today urged Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to help make an immediate difference in…

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Broad Coalition Pushes Congress To Approve e-Prescribing…

Politics – A diverse combination of interest groups -- from AARP and AFL-CIO, to the Corporate Health Care Coalition and the National Retail Federation -- is pushing lawmakers to approve a bill that would require electronic…

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Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official

Health & Fitness – Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday. He said the next…

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Medicare 5-year cancer bill tops $21.1 billion

Health & Fitness – Five years of cancer care for America's elderly cost Medicare $21.1 billion, a figure that will swell as the baby boomer generation ages, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday

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CMS Proposes 2009 Medicare Hospice Wage Index Changes

News – On April 28, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted a display copy of a Proposed Rule that would update and revise the Medicare hospice wage index for fiscal year 2009.

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Doctors Going "Non-Par" - A New Trend in Medicine | Brain…

Health & Fitness – Physicians are frustrated with the payment mechanism in the United States, and some will no longer accept health insurance or even Medicare.

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Congress aims to ease doctor shortage

Health & Fitness – Congress is under pressure to remedy a national doctor shortage that could worsen on July 1, when physicians who treat Medicare patients get a 10 percent pay cut.

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U.S. District Court Stops Clinical Laboratory Competitive…

News – On April 8, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California enjoined the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing the Medicare clinical laboratory services competitive bidding…

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