WEEKLY ALERT ARCHIVE - 2004

 CMA WEEKLY ALERTS ARCHIVE - 2004

• Federal Judge Issues Final Order Requiring Home Health Agencies To Provide Written Notice Of Intended Adverse Action (Print .pdf) - December 28, 2004

• Amount In Controversy Needed For An ALJ Hearing To Remain The Same In 2005; Amount Will Increase For Those Appealing In Federal Court (Print .pdf) - December 28, 2004

• New Preventive Benefits For Medicare Beneficiaries To Begin On January 1, 2005 (Print .pdf) - December 21, 2004

• Alert Extra! CMS Opens National Coverage Determination (NCD) Review On Criteria For Wheelchairs (Print .pdf) - December 17, 2004

• Lawsuit Challenges Rigid Interpretation Of "Inpatient" For A Hospital Qualifying Stay (Print .pdf) - December 16, 2004

• New Medicare Expedited Appeals Process: What Do Beneficiaries Gain? (Print .pdf)- December 9, 2004

• Apply NOW For $600 Medicare Drug Card Transitional Assistance Credit - December 2, 2004

• Medicare Hospice Care: Straddling The Palliative/Curative Divide - November 23, 2004

• Americans Do Not Believe Health Care Quality Is Improving - November 18, 2004

• Changes To The Medicare Appeals System Are Likely To Delay Access To Impartial Hearings - November 11, 2004

• Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration Project And Medicare Part B - November 4, 2004

• AIDS Drug Assistance Programs' Prescription Drug Purchasing: Moving In The Right Direction - October 28, 2004

• AIDS Drug Assistance Programs And The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003: Concerns And Questions For Advocates - October 21, 2004

• HIV And AIDS Patients In Limbo: Aids Drug Assistance Programs And The Prescription Drug Benefit - October 14, 2004

• Will Medicare Beneficiaries Get A Fair Hearing? GAO Reports On Plan To Transfer Administrative Law Judges- October 7, 2004

• Alert Extra! Center For Medicare Advocacy And Other Beneficiary Groups Comment On Medicare Rules: Proposed MMA Regulations Raise Further Concerns About New Medicare Law - October 5, 2004

• Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Get The Information They Need From The Internet: CMS Must Provide Important Information About Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Directly To Beneficiaries - September 30, 2004

• CMS Targets Low-Income Beneficiaries For Discount Drug Cards: Group To Be Mailed Information - September 23, 2004

• 45 Million Americans Uninsured in 2003 - September 16, 2004

• 2005 Medicare Part B Premium And Other Cost Sharing Rates Announced: Will Beneficiaries Be Able To Afford Medicare? - September 9, 2004

• Will Formularies Under the Medicare Part D Drug Program Assure Fair Access To Required Prescription Drugs? - September 2, 2004
  

• Alert Extra! MS Society Hints For CMS Drug Card Website - August 30, 2004
  

• Medicare Act of 2003 Attempts To Ensure Quality In Prescription Drug Plans - August 26, 2004
  

• Federal Regulations Issued: CMS Proposes Complicated Process For Medicare Drug Plan - August 19, 2004

• Medicare Drug Discount Cards Prove Inconsistent And Confusing For Medicare Beneficiaries Trying to Reduce The Cost Of Prescription Drugs - August 12, 2004

• Nursing Home Residents Challenge "Feeding Assistant" Regulations That Lower Standards Of Care - August 5, 2004

• Medicare Agency Drops Appeal Of Court's Bad Faith Finding - July 29, 2004

• Is The Supreme Court's Ruling On HMOs The End Of The Line For Damage Claims? - July 15, 2004

• Courts Extend Benefits Of Liberalized Medicare Coverage Rules To Pending Cases - July 15, 2004

• Illegal "Improvement" Standard For SNF Coverage Terminated - July 8, 2004

• Drug Card Transitional Assistance Should Not Affect Medicaid Eligibility - July 8, 2004

• Now Is The Time To Apply For The Medicare Replacement Drug Demonstration Project - July 1, 2004

• The Medicare-endorsed Discount Drug Card, Transitional Assistance And Other Federal Programs: How To Count The $600 Credit - June 24, 2004

• CMS Policies May Deny Coverage That Should Be Granted According To Medicare Law: Medicare Decision Makers Must remain Autonomous - June 17, 2004

• People With Chronic Conditions, Coordinated Care, And The Medicare Act of 2003 - June 10, 2004

• Medicare Drug Discount Cards, Transitional Assistance, and Medically Needy Spend-down: The Scoop On The Issues - June3, 2004

• Prescription Drug Discount Card Update:  CMS Responds To Beneficiary And Advocate Concerns - May 27, 2004

• Not All We've Been Told About The Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Is True - May 20, 2004

• Beneficiaries And Advocates Find Difficulties In Researching Prescription Drug Discount Cards.  Center Survey Finds Access Problems - May 13, 2004

• Medicare Beneficiaries Advised To Wait To Enroll In A Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card - May 6, 2004

• Choosing A Medicare Discount Drug Card - April 29, 2004

• Medicare Discount Card Information And Outreach For People With Disabilities - April 22, 2004

• 10 Things You Should Know About The Medicare Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card - April 15, 2004

• Summary Of Hospice Changes Under The Medicare Act Of 2003 - April 8, 2004

• SSA And HHS Disclose Their Plan To Transfer Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) - April 2, 2004

• Medicare's Solvency: Helped Or Harmed By The Medicare Act of 2003? - March 25, 2004

• Will The Medicare Act Of 2003 Really Do That?  Myths And Realities About The New Law - March 18, 2004

• "Improvement" Myth Dispelled: Center Writes Paper On Medicare-Covered Therapy Services And Beneficiaries With Chronic Conditions: Medicare Coverage Of Therapy Services: Are The Interests Of Beneficiaries With Chronic Conditions Being Met? - March 11, 2004

• Court Of Appeals Holds That Home Health Agencies Must Provide Notices In All Instances Of Cutbacks And Terminations - March 4, 2004

For further information on these alerts please contact Matthew Shepard at (860) 456-7790 or mshepard@medicareadvocacy.org.

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