Medicare Special Enrollment Period
If you didn’t take Medicare Part B when you were first eligible because you or your spouse were working and had group health plan coverage
Medicare Card Replacement
How to Use Your Medicare Card
Show your card whenever you get medical care. This will assure that a claim for payment is sent to Medicare. Make sure to use your exact name and claim number.
Medicare – What is a Personal Health Record?
A personal health record (PHR) is a confidential and easy-to-use tool for managing information about your health
Osteoporosis: The Silent Disease – Medicare Help and Information
Current estimates suggest that around 10 million people in the U.S. have osteoporosis, and 34 million more have low bone mass, which places them at increased risk.
Medicare – Health Benefits of Using Less Salt
Some countries have reduced their populations’ salt intake by using various strategies, such as regulating the salt content in processed foods, requiring labels on ready-to-eat foods and educating the public. Researchers led by Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California, San Francisco, set out to explore the potential impact of a modest reduction in dietary salt on the health of the U.S. population.
Medicare – Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (OCESAA) of 1999, called for the development and implementation of a prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare home health services. The BBA put in place the interim payment system (IPS) until the PPS could be implemented. Effective October 1, 2000, the home health PPS (HH PPS) replaced the IPS for all home health agencies (HHAs).
Medicare – Special Enrollment Period
If you wait to sign up for Part B because you or your spouse is currently working, and you are covered by a group health plan based on that work, or if you are disabled and you or a family member is working, and you are covered by a group health plan based on that work.
NEW MEDICARE QUALITY DEMONSTRATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA, INDIANA TO ADDRESS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS
Two demonstrations comprised of a community-wide health information exchange in Indiana and a consortium of several community care physician networks in North Carolina are being implemented to encourage the delivery of improved quality care to an estimated 130,000 beneficiaries in those states, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Medicare – Help someone save an average of $3,900 on prescription drug costs
Now, you can help someone you care about apply for Extra Help with their Medicare prescription drug plan costs. Anyone who has Medicare can get Medicare prescription drug coverage. Some people with limited resources and income also are eligible for Extra Help to pay for the costs—monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments—related to a Medicare prescription drug plan. The Extra Help is estimated to be worth an average of $3,900 per year.
Federal disability system seek to support people with disabilities and help them become more independent.
Both welfare agencies and the federal disability system seek to support people with disabilities and help them become more independent.
Can Democrats push health care reform through the Senate
Can Democrats push health care reform through the Senate now that their filibuster-proof majority of 60 to 40 is set to expire when the new Republican Senator from Massachusetts takes his seat? Or, will cooler heads prevail? Massachusetts voters provided extra drama this week when the election to fill the rest of Ted Kennedy’s term resulted in an upset win for Republican Scott Brown.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Congressional Democratic leaders met with the President last week while the rest of Congress remained back home, still on recess
Congressional Democratic leaders
Medicare – Concurrent Retirement & Disability Payments (CRDP)
The Department of Defense (DoD) is, and has been, making extra payments to retirees to overcome some or all the offset from retired pay associated with receipt of disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Retirees cannot receive benefits simultaneously under both of these programs.
New Retirement Benefits – Medicare Does it Help?
The Department of Defense has two programs designed to reduce the reduction in retired pay due to receipt of Veteran Administration compensation, for certain disabled retirees. Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments (CRDP) provides a 10-year phase-out of the offset to military retired pay due to receipt of VA disability compensation for members whose combined disability rating is 50% or greater . Members retired under disability provisions must have 20 years of service.
Social Security Files Statement of Interest
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the Department of Justice, on behalf of the Social Security Administration, has filed a “Statement of Interest” inUnion of American Physicians and Dentists v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California , which is currently pending in a state trial court in California. The Union of American Physicians and Dentists includes employees of the California Disability Determination Services Division (DDSD), Department of Social Services, who evaluate Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income claims. The Federal government fully pays for the salaries and overhead costs for these employees.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has ten Regional Offices (ROs) reorganized in a Consortia structure based on the Agency’s key lines of business: Medicare health plans, Medicare financial management, Medicare fee for service operations, Medicaid and children’s health, survey & certification and quality improvement. The intent of this structure is to improve … Read more