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medicare
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Clearing up confusion about those enrolled in both Medicare, Medicaid
Dual eligibles are low-income elderly or disabled people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. The distinctions are sometimes bewildering. It’s easy…
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Medicare, insurers questioning payment differences based on where care is delivered
Health insurers and the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pay much different rates for clinical services, depending…
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New Medicare Trustees report projects slightly longer solvency
There is some good news coming out of the latest report from the Medicare Trustees. They predict that the trust…
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Reporting team scrutinizes Medicare Advantage
The Center for Public Integrity’s series unearthing potential fraud and waste under the Medicare Advantage program had little help —…
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Updated data available for covering nursing homes
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid issues a list of troubled nursing homes as part of its Special…
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New hospital data release allows year-to-year comparisons
With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services release of new data showing what hospitals across the country charge Medicare for…
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Medicare payment data now available for individual states
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released payment data last month, health reporters paid attention. It allowed an unprecedented…
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Rural health providers alarmed by regulatory changes #ahcj14
Attend AHCJ’s free Rural Health Journalism Workshop for a better understanding of what’s happening – or will be happening –…
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Caution in order when tackling newly released Medicare data
AHCJ hosted a webcast about the CMS data, featuring several CMS officials and Charles Ornstein, a senior reporter at ProPublica and…
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CMS withdraws contentious parts of proposal to change prescription drug program
Perhaps the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) learned a lesson over the past few weeks when it…