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Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Pilots Begin Operations
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Aug 8th, 2005
The Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Phase One Pilot projects have begun operations in 8 areas across the country. They have been renamed now “Medicare Health Support Programs.” Many VNAs have expressed interest in this program that offers Medicare fee-for-service patients a range of care...
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Medicare Advantage Plans are Increasingly Attracting Low-Income Beneficiaries
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May 16th, 2005
A study recently conducted by America's Health Insurance Plans' (AHIP's) Center for Policy and Research demonstrated that an increasing number of low-income Medicare beneficiaries are enrolling in Medicare Advantage and Medigap plans over the Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) plan alone. AHIP is the...
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New Medicare Drug Benefit
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Mar 8th, 2005
Question and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the new Medicare Drug Benefit (also includes helpful glossary).
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New Demo on Home Health and Medical Adult Day Care
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Mar 7th, 2005
CMS has rolled out information about the implementation of the home health and adult day care demonstration mandated by the MMA of 2004. Under this demonstration a home health agency will offer services both in the normal manner and in a medical adult day care (MADC) setting that it either owns or...
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VNAA Meets With CMS on Medicare Drug Program Issues for Dual Eligibles
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Feb 28th, 2005
VNAA joined with other provider, disease and beneficiary associations to urge CMS to protect "dual eligibles" when implementing the new Medicare drug benefit.
Under the new Medicare program, effective January 2006, all Medicare dual eligibles will loose their Medicaid drug coverage and be...
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CMS Offers Incentive Contracts to New Medical Review Contractors
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Feb 7th, 2005
As required by the Medicare Modernization Act, CMS is offering incentive contracts to yet another set of program integrity, medical review contractors. A pilot program will begin in the States of Florida, New York and California under which “Recovery Audit Contractors” (RACs) will be charged with...
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