News tagged with medicare program
Medicare fund will last extra 12 years - maybe
(AP) -- Medicare is in better shape because of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul and will stay afloat a dozen years longer than earlier projected, trustees forecast Thursday. But that ...
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Regional variation in health-care spending and utilization higher in Medicare than private sector
In the latest Health Policy Outlook from the American Enterprise Institute and the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC, Schaeffer Center researchers investigated whether geographic variations in utiliz ...
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Health-care economics and policy: It's a perfect storm
Healthcare reform -- and the many options for fixing a broken system -- have appeared in the news headlines for months. According to an article in the June issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), Medicare patien ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Uncertainty over Medicare pay sets doctors on edge
(AP) -- For the third time this year, Congress is scrambling to stave off a hefty pay cut to doctors treating Medicare patients - even as the Obama administration mails out a glossy brochure to reassure seniors ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors
(AP) -- In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the Medicare ...
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Most primary-care physician practices appear too small to adequately measure quality
Most primary care physicians active in the Medicare program work in practices with too few patients to reliably measure significant differences in common measures of quality and cost performance, according to a study in the ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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How health care overhaul could change Medicare
(AP) -- Businessman Stewart Grill, 75, believes there's waste in Medicare. He's just skeptical Congress can find and eliminate it without touching what he likes about his government health care plan.
Oct 02, 2009 |
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House passes bill stopping Medicare premium hikes
(AP) -- Millions of Medicare patients would be spared monthly premium increases next year under a bill passed by the House Thursday.
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
May 12, 2009 |
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