Researchers in the United States conducted a study "To compare the adequacy of the state buy-in variable in the Medicare denominator file to identify dually eligible patients. "Using the Medicaid enrollment file as the ''gold standard,'' we assessed the number of duals from Medicare files in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.
CLEARWATER, Fla. The company reported income of $40.6 million, or 61 cents per share, compared with $55.6 million, or 76 cents per share, in the same quarter of the prior year. Revenue fell to $405.8 million from $415.1 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected income of 55 cents per share on revenue of $404.3 million for the quarter.
02/09/10 Triple-S Salud, Inc. of Puerto Rico has become the first health plan on the island of Puerto Rico to embrace the patient-centered medication therapy management solutions provided by Medication Management Systems Puerto Rico, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medication Management Systems, Inc.. "We are pleased that Triple-S selected us
Computed tomographic colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, remains effective in screening older patients for colorectal cancer, produces low referral for colonoscopy rates similar to other screening exams now covered by Medicare, and does not result in unreasonable levels of additional testing resulting from extracolonic findings, acc
Auditor General Jack Wagner today renewed his call for the Department of Public Welfare to tighten its oversight of Medicaid eligibility reviews. In a series of reports issued beginning December 2007, Wagner said his department found widespread errors in the state's Medicaid program that are costing Pennsylvania taxpayers millions of dollars eac
Congressman Dennis Kucinich today sent a letter to President Obama commending him for calling for new ideas and a renewed discussion about health care reform.
Feb. 8TALLAHASSEE The popular image of Medicaid as the Pac-Man of the state budget might have grown cliched by now, but many say the program's growth will continue to gobble ever-increasing shares of taxpayer funding if something isn't done to check it. The way forward for the joint state-federal initiative to provide health care for low-incom
The United States has obtained a $10 million consent judgment against Los Angeles businessman Robert Bourseau and Dr. Rudra Sabaratnam for a Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme arising from their former ownership of the Los Angeles City of Angels Medical Center, the Justice Department announced.
Pervasive Software Inc., an emerging leader in enabling next-generation data-intensive applications and data analytics, announced that HMS has chosen Pervasive DataMatcher to help the State of New Jersey effectively manage and responsibly fund healthcare.
According to a study from the United States, "Medicare and Medicaid, two publicly funded health programs, both cover populations in need of long-term care, but they are poorly coordinated. "This can lead to inefficient delivery of services and confusion among program recipients and providers alike. The researchers concluded: "The system of long-
Troy, Mich., physician Toe Myint was convicted today by a Detroit jury of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in a $4.2 million Medicare Fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan; Special-Agent-in-Charge Andrew G. Arena of t
The owner and operator of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment company pleaded guilty today to submitting nearly $1 million in false claims to Medicare, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney George S. Cardona for the Central District of California.
Feb. 8Local hospitals are bracing for a round of Medicaid spending cuts that executives say could be the worst in decades and lead to more cutbacks in their organizations. Rising health care costs and a surge in the number of Medicaid patients have increased the state's obligation to the government health insurance program for the poor and disabl
Feb. 8Virginia's budget-setting season is always a nail-biting time for people like Barbara Kimble. Will there be enough money to help her and her husband care for their 25-year-old mentally disabled son at their Chesapeake home, or will they have to wait another year or two, or three? This year, the news was about as bad as it has ever been.
"Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals provide important services to patients to restore physical and cognitive functioning. "Despite the implementation of a PPS for rehabilitation, there is limited published research that addresses the operating and financial performance of these hospitals.
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Relationship of primary care physicians' patient caseload with measurement of quality and cost performance.' "Primary care physicians in the United States were linked to their physician practices using the Healthcare Organization Services database maintained by IMS Health.
In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To examine how local health care resources impact travel patterns of patients age 65 and older across the rural urban continuum. "The study population was Medicare patients with admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions.
"Public programs finance a large share of the US pharmaceutical expenditures. "The objective of this study was to provide standards for estimating the cost of drugs financed by US public programs for utilization in pharmacoeconomic evaluations.
According to recent research from the United States, "Almost one-fourth of Medicare beneficiaries discharged from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility were readmitted to the hospital within thirty days; this cost Medicare $4.34 billion in 2006."
A report, 'Part D plan enrollment by uninsured medicare beneficiaries,' is newly published data in Medical Care. "Bivariate statistics were used to compare beneficiaries without drug coverage in 2005 who enrolled or did not enroll in a PDP in early 2006.
In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To examine the effect of Part D on 65-78-year-old noninstitutionalized dual eligibles' prescription utilization and expenditures. "For each subject, we obtained claims data for every prescription filled between January 1, 2005, and April 31, 2007.
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address will completely ignore a huge and totally unnecessary expense which, if corrected, could fund health care reform without any cuts in Medicare or any additional taxes, with tens of billions left over to reduce the deficit, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf.
In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate whether type and volume of Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services waiver program are associated with risk of hospitalization and whether this association changes over time. "Medicaid recipients who enrolled in the Aged and Disabled waiver program between J
TIME: 8:30 a.m. EVENT: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services holds a meeting of the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education. AGENDA: Agenda includes: Recap of the previous meeting; Subgroup Committee Work Summary; Medicare Outreach and Education Strategies; Public Comment; Listening Session with CMS Leadership;
