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The 2011 Medicare Trustee report estimates that the Medicare Advantage Hospital Insurance trust fund, for inpatient hospital and related care, will go bankrupt in 2024, five years earlier than predicted in the previous report. Also, in the 2011 report, the … Continue reading →

China plans to expand a basic Medicare insurance plan in the country and ascertain a coverage rate of no less than 95 percent. In 2012, the government will mete out an annual per-capita subsidy of 240 Yuan ($38.1) for basic … Continue reading →

ACE USA’s ACE Medical Risk Division better reimbursement limits for legal expenses incurred owing to an action by a federal or state agency arising from a podiatrist’s participation in the Medicare Plans or Medicaid programs. This new podiatrist professional liability … Continue reading →

Medicare is misusing more than $8 billion on an experimental program that rewards providers of mediocre health care and is not likely to produce practical results, according to federal investigators in a new report. The report, by the Government Accountability … Continue reading →

United Spinal Association’s membership division, National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA) and Allsup will host, What You Need to Know About SSDI and Medicare, a webinar planned for people who have queries about filing for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) … Continue reading →

Medicare Plan, the U.S. healthcare program for the elderly, has expenses of more than $8 billion on a quality-improvement project for private health coverage that chiefly rewards plan with ordinary performances, according to a U.S. government watchdog. A report by … Continue reading →

Primary Care initiative or CPC endeavors to build up synchronization and association between private and public health care payers to support in improving primary care. As per Medicare Plan, it will coordinate with both commercial and State health insurance plans … Continue reading →

HCA Holdings Inc. (HCA) and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (THC) led hospital stocks higher after the companies held that a settlement of a 13-year-old lawsuit over Medicare Plan payments would enhance revenue and HCA reported higher admissions. HCA is the  biggest … Continue reading →

Medicare counselors from the Oklahoma Department of Insurance Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) in Oklahoma City will facilitate an educational class in Enid. “Medicare Made Simple” is a class that will aid people preparing to retire and those new to … Continue reading →

Only a small portion of U.S. adults who may benefit from hearing aids are actually able to get them, and one of the primary causes is money. A hearing aid usually costs a few thousand dollars, and even more, and … Continue reading →