News tagged with beneficiaries
Hospitals serving disadvantaged patients can meet requirements for use of sophisticated technology
Penn researchers writing in the journal Health Affairs have found that a restrictive federal reimbursement policy did not reduce opportunities for disadvantaged Medicare populations to benefit from an innovative device tha ...
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Health care reform can help align preventive care recommendations with Medicare coverage
Health care reform should be able to mend a disconnect that has existed between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a task force charged by the government to review clinical preventive ...
Jan 17, 2011 |
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NY bust: Medicaid patients' Rx drugs go to dealers
(AP) -- Police in western New York have charged 33 people so far in an investigation that shows a new kind of supplier in the illicit drug trade.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 05, 2010 |
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Higher medication spending doesn't indicate better prescribing quality
Medicare patients in regions that spend the most on prescription medications are not necessarily getting better quality care, according to a new study of spending practices from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Medicare hospital comparison website may not help patients locate best places for high-risk surgery
Information available on a government Web site designed to help patients choose high-quality hospitals does not appear to help Medicare beneficiaries identify facilities with better outcomes for high-risk surgeries, according ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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CTC screening for colorectal cancer not cost-effective when reimbursed at same rate as colonoscopy
Computed tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, is not cost-effective if reimbursed at the same rate as colonoscopy, according to a study published online July 27 in The Journal of the National Cancer In ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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UNC physician authors editorial on cost-effectiveness study for colon cancer screening
A UNC physician authored an editorial in the July 27 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) commenting on results of an analysis of the cost effectiveness of colonoscopy versus computed tomographic c ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Treatments for blocked carotid arteries vary by US region
Medicare beneficiaries in some parts of the United States appear more likely to receive carotid endarterectomy, a surgical procedure to clear blockages in the artery supplying blood to the head, whereas those in other regions ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Experts analyze benefits, opportunities and challenges of Medicare Part D
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Medicare Part D) added prescription drug coverage to Medicare beginning in January 2006. This has dramatically reshaped the prescription drug insurance ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Minimally invasive sinus surgery becoming more common in medicare population
Sinus surgery performed using an endoscope appears to be increasingly common for the management of chronic sinus disease among Medicare beneficiaries, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & ...
May 17, 2010 |
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Study finds no evidence that obese patients are less likely to receive recommended care
Despite a concern that obese or overweight patients may receive lower quality of health care, an analysis of eight common outpatient quality measures from a sample of nearly 70,000 patients finds no evidence that obese or ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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The Medicare donut hole: Now you're covered, now you're not
If you're older, a woman, and suffering from either dementia or diabetes, you are the most likely to be exposed to unsubsidized medication costs in the US. This is known as the coverage gap for enrollees of Medicare Part ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Virtual colonoscopy an effective colorectal cancer screening exam in Medicare age patients
Computed tomographic colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, remains effective in screening older patients for colorectal cancer (CRC), produces low referral for colonoscopy rates similar to other screening ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Senior-citizen volunteers fight Medicare fraud
(AP) -- The first box that arrived at Shirley Shupp's door was filled with braces to help with her arthritis. Then came a motorized scooter, just like the one the 69-year-old already owned. She hadn't asked for any of it ...
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes
Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical ...
Nov 07, 2009 |
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