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Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
Many low-income, elderly and immigrant residents in Massachusetts will likely be affected by Boston Medical Center’s announcement on Wednesday that it will be laying off hundreds of workers and reducing services, the Boston Globe reports.
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Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
A one-time, free Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening for at-risk Medicare beneficiaries will be available for 12 months after enrollment beginning January 1, 2009. The benefit became law on February 8, 2006 and was originally offered for a six-month period after enrollment beginning January 1, 2007. Nearly 200,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with AAA annually; approximately 15,000 of these cases may be severe enough to cause death if not treated.
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Jan 3rd 2009Drug InformationMedicare / Medicaid / Tricare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is requiring certain durable medical equipment suppliers to post a surety bond. In addition, CMS is announcing that it has revoked the billing privileges of more than 1,100 medical equipment suppliers in south Florida and southern California and suspending payments to home health agencies in the Miami-Dade, Fla. area.
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