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Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud
10 March 10 10:20 PM

The president said he would unleash auditors in a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, a move to please both liberals and conservatives. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Obama, Barack, Medicare, Frauds and Swindling, Medicaid

Long-Term Care Hospitals Face Little Scrutiny
10 February 10 02:11 AM

Lawsuits, state inspections and federal statistics paint a troubling picture of the care offered at some hospitals. Read More...

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Filed under: Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicine and Health, Medicare, Hospitals

Bills Stalled, Hospitals Fear Rising Unpaid Care
09 February 10 12:45 AM

While the debate continues in Washington, health care systems nationwide struggle to offset money spent to treat patients who cannot afford to pay their bills. Read More...

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Filed under: Senate, Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, House of Representatives, Obama, Barack, Medicine and Health, Pelosi, Nancy, Medicare, Hospitals, Brown, Scott P, United Healthcare Insurance Co, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Martin, Lisa, Skolnick, Sheryl

Economic Scene: Lack of Medicare Chief Is a Strike Against Reform
12 January 10 11:07 PM

President Obama has not chosen anyone to lead Medicare, but the chief would oversee big parts of the health reform. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Obama, Barack, Medicine and Health, Medicare, Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes

Bonus Planned for Digital Medical Records
30 December 09 10:59 PM

Medicare officials on Wednesday detailed plans to distribute billions of dollars in stimulus to upgrade the nation’s paper medical records to electronic files. Read More...

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Filed under: Medicine and Health, Computers and the Internet, Medicare, Electronic Health Records

Economic Scene: Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care
30 December 09 01:15 AM

In Richmond, Va., where hospital beds are fewer, health care looks like the rest of the country’s, but cheaper. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Medicine and Health, Medicare, Virginia

Expanding Health Coverage and Shoring Up Medicare: Is It Double-Counting?
28 December 09 11:41 PM

The issue involves not only technical accounting matters, but also a huge political issue: the impact of health care overhaul on Medicare and its beneficiaries. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Health Insurance and Managed Care, United States Politics and Government, Federal Budget (US), Medicare

In Senate Health Showdown, Round Goes to G.O.P.
17 December 09 01:20 AM

As Senate Democrats struggle to line up 60 votes and pass their health care bill before Christmas, an attempt to debate a single-payer system fails. Read More...

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Filed under: Senate, Reform and Reorganization, Reid, Harry, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Abortion, Medicare, Coburn, Tom, Nelson, Ben, Sanders, Bernard, Landrieu, Mary L

26 Arrested in Three States in Medicare Fraud Schemes
15 December 09 11:06 PM

Federal agents arrested 26 suspects in three states on Tuesday, including a doctor and nurses, in a crackdown on Medicare fraud totaling $61 million. Read More...

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Filed under: Medicine and Health, Medicare, Frauds and Swindling, Florida, Home Health Care

Senate Democrats Likely to Drop Medicare Expansion
15 December 09 06:09 AM

Senate Democratic leaders said they were also poised to scrap a government-run health insurance plan as they tried to rally their caucus for passage. Read More...

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Filed under: Reform and Reorganization, Reid, Harry, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Medicare, Baucus, Max, Senate Committee on Finance