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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published two letters to the editor in response to an opinion piece about a bill (HR 6331) approved last month by the House that would delay a scheduled 10.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
On the 42nd anniversary of Medicare’s implementation, AARP issued a statement urging Congress to act quickly and pass legislation to keep Medicare fair. The statement, from AARP Senior Vice President David Sloane, follows: “Forty-two years ago, Medicare enrolled its first members, forever changing the way older Americans received their health care. Before Medicare’s enactment, only half of all older Americans had health insurance.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
Summaries of recent news about Medicaid programs in California, Maryland, Mississippi and Nevada appear below.California: The state’s new fiscal year began on Tuesday, but lawmakers have not yet approved a state budget, which will prevent most physicians, hospitals, pharmacists and adult day care centers from receiving Medicaid payments, the Sacramento Bee reports.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that will update payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2009 and improve quality of services provided in hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). The proposed rule builds on efforts across Medicare to transform the program into a prudent purchaser of health care services, paying based on quality of care, not just quantity of services.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
An Alabama state court jury on Tuesday found pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis guilty of defrauding the state Medicaid program by charging artificially high prices for medications and ordered the two companies to pay more than $114 million in restitution, the
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
As Congress continues to pursue a solution to the Medicare physician payment issue, seniors from across the country are mobilizing over the July 4th recess to urge Congress to preserve their Medicare Advantage benefits.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
ASHP continues to seek relief from a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) requirement that hospital outpatient departments report National Drug Code (NDC) numbers on single-source drugs and 20 multiple-source drugs when submitting Medicaid claims.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Friday said that the agency will maintain the current Medicare payment rate for physicians because Congress was unable to pass legislation to avert a 10.6% cut scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday before lawmakers left for the Fourth of July recess, the Washington Post reports.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) applauds Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) for urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain the exceptions process to Medicare Part B therapy caps in a letter sent yesterday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt.
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Jul 4th 2008Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses Congress’ failure to approve legislation to stop a Medicare physician payment cut, a Senate panel’s approval of the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill and House committee’s approval of health information technology legislation in this week’s ”
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