Is the Affordable Care Act the first-step toward a single-payer health care system? “Some people think so,” Pat Geraghty, CEO of Florida Blue, told Watchdog.org. Geraghty’s guarded response came on the heels of a presentation he gave Tuesday at the Economic Club of...
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What was Medicare Competitive Bidding Meant to do?
Reform Medical Bidding Process to Protect Seniors Special Report on Healthcare - The Hill By Congresswoman Renee Ellmers Wednesday, February 12, 2014 What was Medicare’s competitive bidding process meant to do? Simply put, it was designed to provide competition...
CFO charged with meaningful use fraud
It was just a matter of time before the CMS EHR Incentive audit process uncovered alleged actions so severe that there was nothing left to do but issue Federal criminal indictments. I’ve been waiting for some time for the first report of this type of indictment....
Weiland Unveils Medicare Choice Act Plan in South Dakota
After traveling to nearly all of the South Dakota's 300 towns and cities, Rick Weiland says people trust the Medicare system and says for the Affordable Care Act to really be a success in America, a Medicare option needs to be available for people of all ages. He...
HME News: OIG outlines work plan
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has several new HME-related projects in the works for 2014, including a review of the reasonableness of the Medicare fee schedule. In its recently released 2014 Work Plan, the OIG says it will review the reasonableness of the...
Proposed Medicare Changes Threaten Nation’s Most Vulnerable
Despite the fact that Medicare's per capita cost increases are at historic lows, policymakers continue to look for ways to put new constraints on program spending. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. In fact, given the rapid growth in the beneficiary...
H.R. 1717 GAINS TWO MORE CO-SPONSORS
H.R. 1717, a bill that would replace competitive bidding with the industry’s market pricing program, continues to draw support. This week, two more lawmakers co-sponsored the legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.)into the House as the Medicare...
Medicare Changes Coming When Ron Wyden Takes Over Top Senate Finance Post
Medicare changes that would overhaul the way the national health care program cares for seniors with chronic conditions highlight a Medicare reform bill introduced this week by Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden. Wyden, who has long been an advocate for changes to...
HME Business: Two More Lawmakers back MPP Bill
After adding two more lawmakers before the New Year, support for H.R. 1717, the bill that would replace CMS’s competitive bidding program with the industry’s market pricing program (MPP), has grown by another two congress members. The bill, introduced into the House...
Agency Announces Medicare appeals at ALJ on two year backlog
Medicare appeals at the administrative law judge level will be suspended for two years due to backlog, agency announces Long-term care providers filing to have a Medicare claims appeal heard by an administrative law judge will not have the case assigned to a judge for...
NC doctors file suit against state over Medicaid payments
A group of North Carolina doctors filed a class action lawsuit today seeking millions from the state over severely delayed Medicaid reimbursements. The suit says medical providers have been shorted about $500 million since July. That's when a new system for Medicaid's...
CMS replaces executives who departed after HealthCare.gov troubles
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named replacements for two top executives who exited the agency after the botched rollout of the federal government’s online insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. In a letter to employees, CMS Administrator Marilyn...