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  • Medicare in 2007: What you need to know
    When Medicare began offering Part D prescription drug coverage for the first time this year, seniors had six months to sort through the chaos – and it was chaos – to pick a plan. [Original News Article] Related NewsCompetitive Bidding Registration Deadline August 27, 2007, USA – American Association for HomecareMedicare Makes UnitedHealth HappyMedicare Releases [...]
  • Social Security and Medicare cards stolen from woman shopping in Long Hill
    LONG HILL TWP. â” A Social Security card and Medicare card was stolen from the purse of a woman from Bernards Township while she was shopping at the Shop Rite on Valley Road, Stirling, according to a complaint filed at 1:03 p.m., Monday, Aug. 16, police said. [Original News Article] Related NewsMeasure Would Remove Beneficiaries’ [...]
  • Medicare smoking prevention program could lower costs
    A Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America’s health system, lower costs. [Original News Article] Related NewsWill Medicare pay for counseling to quit smoking?Lower Medicare Part D Costs Than Expected In 2009, USALower Your Costs During the Coverage [...]
  • HHS Expands Medicare Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Counseling
    Beginning next year, Medicare will pay for tobacco cessation counseling for all tobacco users covered by the federal benefit program. Under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, certain preventive care services, such as tobacco cessation counseling, will be covered by Medicare at no cost to beneficiaries. The new benefits, which also include [...]
  • Medicare should require time cards in hospitals
    The State of Florida is near the top in Medicare fraud. I did not realize just how prevelent it is until I had to call about hospital bills I was… [Original News Article] Related NewsMeasure Would Remove Beneficiaries’ Social Security Numbers From Medicare CardsPueblo Hospitals Get High Marks in Fed ReportBipartisan Group Of Senators Opposes [...]
  • Dendreon: Medicare Coverage Fears Allayed
    Medicare sets a Nov. 17 meeting to discuss Dendreon’s Provenge, but the focus will be on which patients should get the prostate cancer vaccine, not whether to cover it at all. [Original News Article] Related NewsDendreon: Medicare reviewing Provenge coverageDendreon Gets Date for Medicare MeetingMedicare Considers Dendreon Cancer Treatment
  • Medicare Meeting A Good Sign For Dendreon
    It’s positive that Medicare scheduled a meeting so rapidly, and that the meetings focus will be rest [Original News Article] Related NewsDendreon Gets Date for Medicare MeetingDendreon: Medicare Coverage Fears AllayedMedicare Considers Dendreon Cancer Treatment
  • Dendreon Gets Date for Medicare Meeting
    Medicare will hold a meeting Nov. 17 to discuss use of Dendreon’s prostate cancer vaccine Provenge. [Original News Article] Related NewsMedicare Meeting A Good Sign For DendreonDendreon: Medicare Coverage Fears AllayedMedicare Considers Dendreon Cancer Treatment