A Michigan legislative committee on Wednesday voted to make at least 320,000 low-income adults eligible for Medicaid health insurance in 2014 and beyond, setting the stage for a crucial vote in the Republican-dominated Senate in late August. The Government Operations...
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Health Insurance Exchange approved for NC
The N.C. Department of Insurance has approved plans that health insurers will offer in North Carolina through a federally administered Health Insurance Marketplace, but few details have been disclosed. Although the plans were approved, specifics about those plans are...
Medicare beneficiary turned patient recruiter sentenced to federal prison
Robert Glenn Baker, 57, of Houston, has been sentenced for conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statute, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced. Baker pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 15, 2012. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake took into consideration...
Affordable Care Act: Questions and Answers
While some are already seeing changes as a result of the Affordable Care Act, the state is preparing to launch the piece of reform that will directly impact hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians: the health insurance marketplace. In just over two months, Washington...
Casey pushes plan to broaden Medicare coverage
Patients in skilled nursing facilities are likely footing their own bills – sometimes racking up thousands of dollars – if they were previously hospitalized under an “outpatient observation status.” Medicare currently covers only those patients who commit to a...
Medicare Policies Restricting Power Wheelchair Repairs Leave Vulnerable Beneficiaries with Limited Mobility
For years, William Welch, 58, was a truck driver, a free spirit traveling along the roads. But now Welch spends his days in a Brunswick, Md. apartment, barely able to move from a chair to the refrigerator because his Medicare-supplied power wheelchair is broken and he...
Moratorium on Certain Medicare Providers in High fraud Areas
Last Week, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) welcomed action taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse within the Medicare program. The agency announced...
Complaints continue for new NC online Medicaid system
Joseph Reutter is a sales manager at a medical supply company. His company is one of several that contacted Channel 9 concerned about NCTracks, the state's new online Medicaid system. Many told Channel 9 they have not been paid since the new system launched earlier...
Los Angeles DME Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal
The owner of a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) supply company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal of more than $650,000. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S....
2 Steps to Help Fight Competitive Bidding TODAY
Today, Thursday July 18th is the day to make a call to Congress. Wether a DME Provider, Beneficiary or DME Billing Service please take the time to call Congress. Share this information and urge others to do the same. You need to do only 2 things. 1. Use the Social...
Insurance exchange covers entire state of Alabama
Alabama should have no counties left out of a federally operated health insurance exchange because three companies have proposed insurance plans and two of the companies want to cover the entire state. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the state’s largest health...
Participate in the AAHomecare Virtual Fly-in
This Thursday, July 18, 2013 make calling Congress your top priority and the top priority of all of your employees that day. Urge everyone you know, including your patients, to call their members of Congress and urge them to STOP the damage to our patients and our...