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Outcomes Announces Medicare-Focused Web...
Published:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0800
To assist Medicare Part D plan sponsors to prepare for and optimize their Medication Therapy Management offerings for 2013, Outcomes Incorporated will host a seri......
Jim Capretta Rebuts the Five Strongest ...
Published:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:51:13 -0800
James Capretta, who was the health care guru in George W. Bush's Office of Management and Budget, has written a nice piece for the Heritage Foundation in which he rebuts the f......
Ex-official at Houston hospital pleads ...
Published:Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:37:27 -0800
Ex-official at Houston hospital pleads guilty in Medicare scam Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadca......
$77M Medicare anti-fraud system so far ...
Published:Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:49:52 -0800
Launched last summer, a $77 million computer system to stop Medicare fraud before it happens had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas. That saved taxpayers $7,591.......
Medicare's bill for artificial feet...
Published:Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:55:01 -0800
It doesn't compute: Medicare's bill for artificial feet has jumped by more than half, although foot and leg amputations due to diabetes continue to decline dramatically.......


Outcomes Announces Medicare-Focused Webinar Series
Published:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00 -0800  
To assist Medicare Part D plan sponsors to prepare for and optimize their Medication Therapy Management offerings for 2013, Outcomes Incorporated will host a seri...

Jim Capretta Rebuts the Five Strongest Criticisms of Premium Support-Based Medicare Reform
Published:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:51:13 -0800  
James Capretta, who was the health care guru in George W. Bush's Office of Management and Budget, has written a nice piece for the Heritage Foundation in which he rebuts the five most-often used arguments against premium support, the core idea behind the leading bipartisan proposals for Medicare reform. It's a great write-up, in that it focuses on substantive policy critiques, rather than the ......

Ex-official at Houston hospital pleads guilty in Medicare scam
Published:Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:37:27 -0800  
Ex-official at Houston hospital pleads guilty in Medicare scam Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:15 p.m., Wednesday, February 22, 2012 A former member of Riverside General Hospital's executive staff pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a $116 million Medicare scheme ......

$77M Medicare anti-fraud system so far saves $7,591
Published:Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:49:52 -0800  
Launched last summer, a $77 million computer system to stop Medicare fraud before it happens had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas. That saved taxpayers $7,591....

Medicare's bill for artificial feet is questioned
Published:Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:55:01 -0800  
It doesn't compute: Medicare's bill for artificial feet has jumped by more than half, although foot and leg amputations due to diabetes continue to decline dramatically....

Medicare's $77 million fraud-detection computer system heads off one suspicious payment of $7,591
Published:Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:39:59 -0800  
WASHINGTON -- Launched last summer, a $77 million computer system to stop Medicare fraud before it happens had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas. That saved taxpayers exactly $7,591....

Medicare puzzle: Big rise in artificial feet costs
Published:Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:17:11 -0800  
What's wrong with this picture? Medicare's bill for artificial feet rose nearly 60 percent in recent years, although foot and leg amputations due to diabetes continued a dramatic decline....

Mixing Medicare and mudslinging
Published:Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:39:36 -0800  
Don't look now, but the 2012 election is turning into a national referendum on what to do about Medicare. That means voters may face a choice this fall not only over who should be president but also over how Medicare should cut its costs....

$77 million Medicare fraud catcher solves very little
Published:Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:44:50 -0800  
Debuting last summer, a $77 million computer system to detect Medicare fraud before it occurs had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas. That saved taxpayers exactly $7,591. Hoping for much better results, a disappointed Sen. Thomas R. Carper, Delaware Democrat, said, "I wondered, did they leave out some zeros?" ......
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