On April 24, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Proposed Rule revamping the Medicare Incentive Reward Program (IRP) and providing CMS with greater discretion to deny or revoke enrollment privileges to certain providers and suppliers...
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Market Pricing Program Bill (H.R. 1717) Introduced
The Market Pricing Program Bill (H.R. 1717) has been introduced!! The full text of the Bill is not yet available online. H.R.1717 Latest Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment,...
Hospitals in Pennsylvania and West Virginia Get Federal Money for Readmission Reduction
Six community hospitals in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia will tackle the costly problem of patients returning to the hospital too quickly after being discharged. The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, with a $10 million federal grant, will set up a...
VA Launches Hotline to Answer Questions on VA Health Care and Benefits for Women Veterans
1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-6636) The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from Veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women...
North Carolina Medical Society Offers Medicaid Reforms
Proposal rejects managed care, builds on CCNC model As North Carolina Govenor Pat McCrory moves ahead with attempts to fix what he calls an irreversibly broken Medicaid system fraught with cost overruns and mismanagement, the North Carolina Medical Society believes...
Defective Medicare Bidding Program Forces Severe Hardships on California Business Owners and Beneficiaries
The controversial Medicare bidding procurement program for home medical equipment is forcing many small and large providers in California to lay off employees or close their businesses, developments that will likely disrupt the quality of service and products received...
Ohio Senator Brown Introduces Legislation To Strengthen Medicare, Reduce Deficit and Save Tax Payers Money
WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced legislation to significantly reduce the deficit and strengthen Medicare by reducing prescription drug costs. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the Medicare Drug Savings...
Florida Senate Narrowing Health Care Choice
TALLAHASSEE | The House and Senate have so far taken separate paths when trying to determine how to expand health insurance to Florida’s lowest-income populations. The state had the option of taking $51 billion from Washington over the next decade offered under the...
GOP Lawmakers Suggest Medicare Reforms
Republicans on a prominent House committee proposed a series of Medicare reforms Thursday, including the much-discussed possibility of unifying the program's deductibles for hospital and medical care. Committee vice chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rep. Renee...
Care and Benefits for Veterans Strengthened by $153 Billion VA Budget
WASHINGTON – Continuing the transformation of the Department of Veterans Affairs into a 21st century organization, the President has proposed a $152.7 billion budget, a 10.2 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2013, that will support VA’s goals to expand access to...
Marilyn Tavenner Soars Through Senate Finance Hearing
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly lauded President Barack Obama’s nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid and even much of the health reform law. Marilyn Tavenner, who has run the sprawling Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as acting...
Oregon Prepares for 2014 Insurance Premium Hikes
OREGON April 4th, 2013 - The House Health Committee has unanimously passed major reinsurance legislation, designed to offset the spike in premium rates next year when insurers are required to accept thousands of sick people who had previously been denied coverage...