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Medicare Advantage Rates Receive Lower Than Expected Raise

The U.S. is raising payments to Medicare Advantage insurers by .85 percent on average, below the proposed 1.35 percent boost as part of the push to contain costs of Medicare Advantage, ...
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Hospices Overbilled Medicare by $268 Million in 2012

According to a report by the Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, hospices overbilled Medicare by approximately $268 million in 2012. One of the common areas ...
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Republican Representatives Attempt to Introduce Bill Targeting Medicaid

Republican Representative Joe Pitts (Penn) is attempting to introduce the Common Sense Savings Act, which would alter the way certain Americans qualify for Medicaid. The bill aims ...
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Federal Government Urges Kansas to Address Medicaid Backlog

Kansas Medicare applicants have been waiting for months to have their applicationsĀ processed. Citizens are spending up to an hour and a half on the phone waiting for the Kansas Medicaid ...
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South Dakota Governor Delays Medicaid Expansion Decision

Governor Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota said on Monday that the nine days remaining in the 2016 legislative session is not enough time to determine if the state government-funded ...
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Congress Likely to Introduce Medicare Voucher Support

The House Republicans are likely to introduce the ability for Medicare recipients vouchers to shop for private insurance as a part of their budget plan this year. The plan, which is ...
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OMB to Look Over Overhauled Medicaid Rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has sent an overhauled set of rule changes to the Office of Management and Budget for review which could lead to major changes to the ...
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Federal Waiver Needed to Switch Iowa Medicaid Patients to Private Care

Iowa Governor Branstad introduced a plan that would switch 560,000 Medicaid patients in Iowa to privately managed care plans. However, the state is currently waiting for a waiver to ...
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Flint to Expand Medicaid Coverage in Wake of Water Crisis

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder called for expanded Medicaid coverage to cover the water crisis in Flint to include pregnant women and residents up to 21 years old in order to better ...
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Lower Court Must Rule on Medicare’s Backlog of Claims

A federal appeals court has sent a lawsuit back to lower courts, forcing it to make a decision on the length of time it takes for the government to complete cases of denied Medicare ...
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