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Johnson City Press - Sat May 26, 2:19 am ET

Erwin Health Care Center in need of an employee experienced in the collections of Medicare and Medicaid. Good benefits & competitive salary available to the right candidate.

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Medicare’s bet on primary care
American Medical Association - 1 hour 48 minutes ago
Boosting fees for primary care services could lower Medicare’s costs, but some physicians say the increases they have received so far have fallen short.
Collections of Medicare and Medicaid
Johnson City Press - Sat May 26, 5:04 am ET
Local Nursing Home in need of an employee experienced in the collections of Medicare and Medicaid. Good benefits & competitive salary available to the right candidate.
Managed Medicaid Delay Proves Costly
New Hampshire Public Radio - Sun May 27, 4:47 pm ET
The Health and Human Services Commissioner expects the state’s new Medicaid program to begin in December. That’s 5 months later than planned. The state had planned on launching its new Medicaid program on July 1 st . It will cost the Department a little more than $1 million dollars a month until the new system is in place. But Health and Human Services Commissioner Nick Toumpas says he’s ...
Klein Center's Medicare, Medicaid reapproved
The Hawk Eye - Sat May 26, 12:07 pm ET
WEST BURLINGTON - Health officials at Great River Medical Center Friday were told they've qualified to receive payment for new Medicare and Medicaid admissions at the Klein Center.
Robert Reich: Memorial Day Thoughts on National Defense
The Huffington Post - Sun May 27, 9:21 pm ET
At a time when Medicare, Medicaid, and non-defense discretionary spending (including most programs for the poor, as well as infrastructure and basic R&D) are in serious jeopardy, Obama and the Democrats should be calling for even more defense cuts.
Raising Medicare eligibility is not the way to curb costs
Providence Business News - Sun May 27, 6:27 pm ET
‘Older Americans insured via work has dropped to 65%.’ From 65 to 67. Only two years. What’s the big deal? Candidate Romney, who just turned 65, has proposed upping the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67 – a “cut-federal-spending” initiative that reflects his business savvy.
Doctor accused of $5.2 million in Medicaid fraud
San Antonio Express-News - Sun May 27, 9:08 pm ET
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston physician is on trial in federal court for what prosecutors say is more than $5.2 million in phony Medicare home health claims for hundreds of patients who didn't need the care. Echols' signature was on hundreds of forms submitted to home health care companies who then requested Medicare reimbursement.
Free Medicare Boot Camp
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun May 27, 6:10 am ET
WASHINGTON COUNTY - The Central Missouri Area Agency on Aging is presenting a free workshop on Medicare from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sayers Senior Center located at 109 Lawrence St. in Potosi.
The Medicare Drug 'Donut Hole' is a Much Smaller Problem Than You Think
Forbes - Fri May 25, 1:53 am ET
On Wednesday, I wrote about why closing the Medicare drug-benefit 'donut hole' is a terrible idea, one that some congressional Republicans are poised to endorse. In that post, I described why eliminating this key cost-sharing provision will destroy the program's fiscal controls. Today I want to dig into the data about the Medicare drug program, and explain why the program's inadequacies are ...
Legislative Briefs: Medicaid gap fix signed by Perdue
Winston-Salem Journal - Sun May 27, 12:00 am ET
Gov. Bev Perdue has signed into law a method to close a shortfall in North Carolina's Medicaid program this year that also contains a provision to slow efforts to privatize medical services for prisoners.
Savvy Senior: How to choose a Medicare Advantage plan
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sun May 27, 12:00 am ET
Q: I'll be 65 in a few months — Medicare enrollment age — and am interested in getting a Medicare Advantage plan to cover my health care and prescription drugs. Can you give me some advice on choosing a plan?
Molina prepped for contract competition
Albuquerque Journal - Sun May 27, 9:25 pm ET
Medicaid care provider works to assure it survives state program's overhaul
Your Legal Corner: A Medicaid alphabet
Gloucester County Times - Sun May 27, 5:10 am ET
Today Your Legal Corner provides an alphabet of Medicaid Tips, half this week and the remaining next. One of the seven steps to a happier life is the basic tenet that individuals should listen more and speak less.
Utah’s Medicaid personal data breach no record setter
The Salt Lake Tribune - Fri May 25, 5:30 pm ET
Utah’s Medicaid personal data breach no record setter By kirsten stewart The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 26, 2012 04:42PM MDT There’s been no shortage of outrage over Utah’s Medicaid data breach, with some calling for employee firings or painting it as proof of government ineptitude. But security failures happen with frightening frequency, more often in the private than public sector. And ...
Police warn public about Medicare scam
The Rowlett Lakeshore Times - Sun May 27, 2:55 am ET
When one Rowlett citizen received a phone call asking her for information to update her Medicare information she thought better of it and alerted the Rowlett Police Department. The call has prompted the police department to alert its residents of a possible scam targeting Medicare recipients.