The information posted here is chronological by date, starting with the most
recent items. For older items, see our
Archived Articles.
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Home for the Holidays!
You CAN leave the nursing home
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11/12/09 - Medicare
Annual Enrollment Period Starts November 15, 2009: Think Carefully about
Coverage and Options
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11/05/09 -
Medicare and
Related Provisions in Health Care Reform Legislation
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10/29/09 -
When Medicare Advantage
plans Do Not Renew Their Contracts
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10/22/09 - CMS Releases
2010 Medicare
Cost-Sharing Amounts
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10/22/09 - CMS Moves Forward with its
Competitive
Bidding Program for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics,
Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS)
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10/22/09 -
Hospice News: the
Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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10/15/09 -
CMS Reins in Overpayments
to Skilled Nursing Facilities
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10/08/09 - It's October:
Time to Review Medicare
Prescription Drug Coverage
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10/01/09 - 2010 Brings
Improvements to
Programs for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
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09/24/09 - CMS Acts to
Stop Misleading
Medicare Private Plan Communications about Health Care
Reform
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09/24/09 -
Swine Flu, Seasonal
Flu, and Medicare
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09/17/09 -
Limits on
Medicare's Recovery of Health Care Payments when the
Beneficiary has Liability or Workers' Compensation Insurance
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09/10/09 -
Why
Health Care Reform is GOOD for Medicare Beneficiaries
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09/03/09 -
Private Profits,
Cost Shifting, and the Need for a Public Plan Option
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08/27/09 - Social Security: No Cost of Living Adjustment;
Medicare: Higher
Premiums for Some
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08/20/09 - The difficulty Medicare Part D Low
Income Subsidy (LIS) beneficiaries have with private plans is a
cautionary tale for
health care reform.
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08/13/09 -
Countering Health Reform Misinformation
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08/06/09 -
Protect
private Medicare enrollees from marketing abuses:
limit Federal preemption.
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07/30/09 -
Proposed Medicare advisory
organizations could help AND hurt.
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07/16/09 -
Certain
dually eligible
beneficiaries must
take affirmative
steps to enroll in a
Medicare Part D plan.
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07/16/09 - Are you a Wellpoint customer? You may be
eligible for a special enrollment period
if your plan was dropped.
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06/25/09 -
Who do we want in control of health care?
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06/18/09 - Do you need
help to get prescription drugs?
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06/11/09 - Exceptions to
Medicare Therapy Caps
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06/04/09 - Health care reformers should not
forget to look at Health
Information technology as a reform tool.
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06/03/09 -
What we need in
a public health plan: the indispensable Dozen.
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05/28/09 - Older Americans' Mental
Health Week is May 24-30,
so let's look at
mental
health services that are available under Medicare.
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05/21/09 - Want real health care reform?
Support a
public plan option!
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05/21/09 - Stimulus checks are coming for nursing home residents.
CMS has made it
clear that money belongs to the residents.
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05/14/09 - CMS is taking steps to undo
skilled nursing facility
(SNF) overpayment
and abuse.
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05/07/09 - Recent documents from CMS
mean changes for
private Medicare plans.
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04/30/09 -
Stimulus checks are
coming for nursing home residents. Who keeps that
money? The residents.
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04/16/09 - Nursing Home Industry Makes
Secret Survey and
Enforcement Proposals to Congress.
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04/09/09 -
Medicare Changes
for Oxygen Equipment Payment and Maintenance.
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04/02/09 - It's past time for a
coordinated care
benefit in the traditional Medicare program.
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03/26/09 - The Medicare
"Improvement
Standard" is a barrier to necessary care.
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03/19/09 -
National health care
Decisions Day is April 16, 2009.
Now is the time to to talk to your loved ones about
end-of-life planning.
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03/12/09 -
Limited opportunity
to expand QMB and LIS coverage ends with the Open Enrollment
Period on March 31st.
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03/05/09 -
More good news
from the Stimulus Act for beneficiaries - a cash benefit,
facility improvements, and more.
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02/26/09 -
Competitive
bidding program for suppliers for certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and
Supplies (DMEPOS) delayed until April 18,
2009
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02/19/09 -
Stimulus Act helps
people in need as well as the economy - QI program extended,
help with COBRA premiums, and more.
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02/12/09 - It's time for
a real
Medicare prescription drug plan.
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02/05/09 - New
2009 Poverty Levels
will affect eligibility for many federal health programs.
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01/29/09 -
Assisted Living Facility residents can lose their homes if
their facility stops participating in Medicaid.
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01/22/09 -
CMS releases final rules for Parts C and D; further review
requested by the President's Chief of Staff.
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01/15/09 -
Beware of Private Fee For Service plans as Medicare open
enrollment continues.
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01/08/09 -
Medicare Part B Premium adjusted due to income? You may be able to
challenge the increase.
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