A federal court judge in Hartford, Conn., dismissed a lawsuit Monday聽which was filed against the government by 14 Medicare beneficiaries who聽were denied nursing home coverage. Under Medicare rules, only patients admitted to a hospital for at least three consecutive days are eligible for coverage of follow-up nursing home care. The beneficiaries who brought the suit […]
The Obama administration had been trying for almost two years to extend overtime and minimum wage protections to the workers. The rule doesn’t take effect until 2015.
The group tackles wide-ranging list of concerns, but the lack of a financing plan raises strong objections from some members.
The administration ramps up its message that seniors with Medicare coverage do not need plans from the exchanges.
Administration officials are planning campaign to convince millions of seniors that they don’t need to sign up for the online exchanges.
The difference between inpatient and observational care status can have a big effect on Medicare beneficiaries — both in terms of the bills they face and the post-hospital options available to them.
The commission, set up by Congress to offer recommendations on paying for services to help seniors and disabled people, has only a few months left to do its work.
For years, seniors were told that they had to show improvement to keep getting skilled care but a lawsuit has changed that standard.
Vangent already handles more than 60,000 calls a day about Medicare but will soon add an expected 200,000 questions about the marketplaces set up by the health law.
The proposal, part of the annual payment update, would help ease confusion over when beneficiaries are admitted to the hospital
Some hospital stays are not considered in-patient care, but seniors often don’t know that until they find they don’t qualify for full Medicare coverage.
A basic guide and resources if you want to get Medicare to reverse a coverage decision.
Consumer advocates say that efforts to get Medicare to reverse a decision denying coverage of care are frequently rejected at first, but the chances of success are much better for beneficiaries who keep appealing until they reach the level handled by an administrative law judge.
If young adults can鈥檛 afford health insurance policies available in 2014 under the health care law, state insurance officials are worried they won鈥檛 buy them.聽 And that could drive up the cost of insurance for the mostly older, sicker people who do聽purchase coverage. That鈥檚 a potential problem even in states like California and Rhode Island, […]
The group argues that increasing cost-sharing would stop people from seeking necessary care.
Health care providers who appealed to Medicare judges won more often than patients did, according to a report by the inspector general at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Hospitals, physicians, medical equipment suppliers and other providers also filed 85 percent of the cases decided by the administrative law judges in fiscal […]
Medicare beneficiaries battered by Superstorm Sandy have one less problem to worry about:聽Federal officials have extended the Dec. 7 deadline to enroll in a private medical or drug plan for next year for those still coping with storm damage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 鈥渦nderstands that many Medicare beneficiaries have been affected by […]
Government is sending letters to a half million beneficiaries to alert them to their plans’ poor performance.
Today, Medicare beneficiaries can begin choosing their drug and medical coverage for 2013, and most seniors are expected to stick with the same policies they have already, despite price changes and a rating system that shows some plans may be better than others. Seniors have been reluctant to change plans, even if there are cheaper […]
The government is testing new hospital payment rules to see if fewer beneficiaries will be classified as observation patients, which can be a costly designation for seniors.