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Is Medicare Advantage Right For You?
Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) starts today. For the next 6 weeks any Medicare beneficiary can make changes to your Medicare Advantage or Medicare D (Prescription Drug Plan) for 2013… more →
The Insurance Barn
Internal Revenue Service Decides Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments are Taxable
wrote 9 hours ago: By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The I … more →
CMS Takes Steps to Ease Medicaid Enrollment
wrote 4 days ago: From Kaiser Health News: Feds make it easier for states to enroll poor under health law By Phil Gale … more →
Q and A: Medical Assistants and CPOE, Part 2 (Post 5 of 5)
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wrote 1 week ago: Because most CMAs (AAMA) work under the direct supervision of “eligible professionals” (as defined i … more →
Medicare & You in 2013
wrote 1 week ago: We frequently get asked about how Medicare premiums are calculated. Now we have an easy way to provi … more →
New CMS Proposal Will Reduce Hospitals' DSH Allotments: Less Incentive for Hospitals to Treat the Uninsured
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wrote 1 week ago: The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) put forth a new proposal setting forth aggregate reductio … more →
How Government Killed the Medical Profession
wrote 1 week ago: By Jeffery A. Singer This article appeared in May 2013 Issue of Reason I am a general surgeon with m … more →
One of the reasons our health care costs are so high...
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wrote 1 week ago: … is because we refuse to standardize prices for treatment. I think I have told this story be … more →
Lack of Safety Oversight for Medicare Drug Benefit May Result in Added Costs, Drug Addiction and Early Death
wrote 1 week ago: By Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur | ProPublica The Washington Post Ten years ago … more →
Diagnostic Manuals and New World Billing Codes: Can We Get Along?
wrote 1 week ago: The answer is no. Explaining how this is so in a blog is not realistic. It reminds me of when I was … more →
Health care scams discussed with Clinton Graham Walker
wrote 1 week ago: DIGNITEK HEALTH A MED TECH COMPANY DISCUSSED HEALTH CARE AND THE ABUSE OUR SYSTEM ENDURES WITH FALSE … more →
Healthcare Headlines Week of May 6, 2013
wrote 2 weeks ago: Genes for Longevity May Protect Against Early Dementia A study published in the journal JAMA Neurolo … more →
Government Study Shows Area Hospital Billing Varies Greatly
wrote 2 weeks ago: ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Same procedure, different hospitals, different bills. For example, consider the c … more →
per CMS: A joint replacement ranged from $5,300 at a hospital in Ada, Okla., to $223,000 at a hospital in Monterey Park, Calif.
wrote 2 weeks ago: Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN Medicare Reveals Hospital Charge Information By David Pittma … more →
Public Exchange Applications Shortened
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a statement on April 30, 2013 that the pu … more →
A Positive Step Toward Medical Billing Transparency
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wrote 2 weeks ago: In the past I have expounded upon general conditions necessary for consumers to drive market prices … more →
Q and A: Medical Assistants and CPOE, Part 1 (Post 4 of 5)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Because most CMAs (AAMA) work under the direct supervision of “eligible professionals” (as defined i … more →
Phil's Perspectives: The Changing Face of Long-Term Care Insurance
wrote 3 weeks ago: By Phil Constans, Wealth Advisor … more →
Hospitals Getting A Pay Increase
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Hospitals will get a pay raise from the U.S. government for treating patients in the Medicare progra … more →
"Here's the form to apply for Obamacare coverage"
wrote 3 weeks ago: CNN MONEY NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Starting in October, Americans without access to affordable health car … more →
