Tag: Medicare
People in advanced countries may be approaching the top line of lifespan because of biological factors. The lifespan of humans has increased through the years because of medical advancements but we may now be reaching our biological limitations, according to an article in the Guardian “Human lifespan has hit its natural limit, research suggests.” While […]
Bad behavior charges against a Texas hospice owner may have been sparked by reimbursement system. Texas hospice owner Brad Harris has been charged with overdosing patients and his reasons may have been unintentionally created by the reimbursement policies of Medicare and Medicaid, according to a Fox News report in “Texas hospice owner ordered nurses to […]
Medicare considers funding diabetes prevention program. Identifying successful prevention programs and funding them has long been a challenge but there may be a breakthrough on diabetes as the Washington Post reports in “Medicare could soon pay for services to keep diabetes from developing.” A five-year pilot program was conducted at YMCAs throughout the U.S. designed […]
New Medicare rules will reduce the $20 billion payments to doctors for administering prescription medications. Medicare Part B reimburses doctors for administering prescription medication to a patient in a doctor’s office or hospital outpatient facility for the cost of the drug plus an additional 6%. Because the more expensive the medication the more the doctor […]
UCLA has conducted a study on Medicare and found that prices are often inflated and payments are a problem. Medicare pays a set amount for each procedure despite the amount of the bill from health care providers. But a study conducted by UCLA and reported by Medical News Today in “UCLA study finds inflated charges, […]
AARP study reveals cost of medications most commonly used by seniors rising faster than inflation. While Presidential candidates don’t agree on most every subject, they are generally in agreement on one: the cost of prescription drugs is too high. Several candidates have suggested that allowing the government to negotiate prescription prices with drug companies would […]
What happens if you receive your annual booklet on Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and your prescription drugs have been removed from list? Many seniors end up wondering what their next step is when Medicare prescription plans change the drugs they cover and a booklet with the information is sent out annually. Recently, Elder […]
Medicare has a plan to pay doctors for quality of care rather than for tests they run. Is that a possibility? A major source of health care expenses is the many, many tests ordered by doctors and hospitals and someone must be responsible for paying for those tests. If the patient is covered by Medicare, […]
A new bill introduced in the Senate aims at eliminating some of the wait time for an appeal to a denied Medicare claim. An appeal to a denied Medicare claim now takes approximately 547 days, according to a McKnight’s article titled “Bill would speed up Medicare claims appeal process. It was only 94 days in […]
According to Tom Lauricella of the Wall Street Journal, retirement is likely to cost more than you think. In a recent Sunday Wall Street Journal article, Lauricella discussed the pros and cons of five common retirement myths: 1. You’ll probably retire earlier than expected. Sounds like a good thing, but it’s not. Among the most critical […]
