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Study provides answer to Medicare anxiety About Paying for CT Colonography

A recent study of about 1,400 Medicare Plans aged patients supports CT colonography as a screening tool for colon cancer. This has contributed to the continued debate over Medicare coverage of the procedure. The Centers for Medicare supplement guide and Medicaid Services in … Continue reading

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American Medical Association hails Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act

President of the American Medical Association (AMA), Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD, held that the AMA is content with the ruling by the Supreme Court to defend health reform. AMA has always worked to towards health insurance coverage for all US citizens. The … Continue reading

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Medicare plans to be included in Cape County’s insurance

A proposal was made by the Cape Girardeau County Commission recently to modify its insurance policy to include Medicare coverage plans as a choice for eligible employees. Medicare Plans is advantageous to employees as it provides better coverage and lower … Continue reading

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Customizable Product for Medical Drug Claim Compliance to be displayed by Argus Health Systems at AHIP Institute 2012

Argus Health Systems, Inc., one of the foremost pharmacy benefit administrator, will show up its Medical Drug Management Service (MDMS) in booth #319 at the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute 2012, June 20-22, 2012, at the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt … Continue reading

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Cuba refutes any link up with Medicare fraud scheme

Cuba has denied that it has anything to do with the fraud scheme operated from the US. The defiance from Cuba’s foreign ministry came after a Cuban-American was accused in Florida with conniving to channel more than $30m (£19m) to … Continue reading

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AMA reports fall in Medical claims paid wrongly by insurers this year

The American Medical Association reported that the number of medical claims paid inaccurately by the nation’s major private health insurers fell by half this year. This has led to an increase in health system savings of $8 billion with medicare plans. The … Continue reading

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AMA reports fall in Medical claims paid wrongly by insurers this year

The American Medical Association reported that the number of medical claims paid inaccurately by the nation’s major private health insurers fell by half this year. This has led to an increase in health system savings of $8 billion. The report held … Continue reading

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The Medicare-Medicaid Data Match Program

The Medicare-Medicaid Data Match Program (Medi-Medi) is an initiative made by Center for Medicare advantage and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enhance the use and availability of better quality Medicaid data. The Medi-Medi program started as a pilot project with the State of California in … Continue reading

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Health insurance a burden for many older adults

Most of the people over 50 years old are aware of the fact that it is very expensive to get health insurance. This especially holds true for adults who are self-employed, jobless, or who retire early owing to illness or … Continue reading

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Obamacare’s alleged savings not real according to a report from the program’s Trustees

A recent study carried out by actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, informally referred to as Obamacare will save Medicare Plan almost $200 billion by 2016. They further stated that the law … Continue reading

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