Medicare Watch
My sister, Harry,told me about this.
I saw this posted Friday on WWW.NBC-2.COM.
"Associated Press - January 28, 2010 1:04 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida man who authorities say bilked Medicare of about $25 million in a scam that spanned five states has been sentenced to..."
My cousin, Harry,told me about this.
"by California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee SACRAMENTO - To ecstatic applause from healthcare advocates, the California Senate today breathed new life into national prospects for fundamental health reform by passing on a 22 to 14 vote a major bill to guarantee healthcare in the state through creating a Medicare for all system that would cover every Californian. read more"
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"Four of nine nursing homes in Reno, Sparks and Carson City received poor ratings in overall quality, according to Medicare data released Thursday."
Mike told me about this -
I heard about this and just found this story.
"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration expects to save billions of dollars by intensifying a crackdown on Medicare fraud, administration officials said Thursday."
I heard about this and just found this story.
"Three of the six nursing homes in Reno and Sparks rated one star out of a possible five stars, according to data released today by Medicare."
A sharply divided Utah House rejected a bill Thursday that would have allowed voters to show a Medicare card as identification at the polls in November.
I saw this posted Friday on MNT.TO.
"Two demonstrations comprised of a community-wide health information exchange in Indiana and a consortium of several community care physician networks in North Carolina are being implemented to encourage the delivery of improved quality care to an estimated 130,000 beneficiaries in those states, according to the Centers for Medicare "
I heard about this and just found this story.
"While Congress tries to decide what to do about health care reform, the clock is ticking for severe cutbacks in Medicare reimbursements to doctors.The...."