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Bandages made of medical waste cost Medicare $10B last year—limits are coming
In 2019, before the rule change, Medicare paid about $250 million for these types of skin substitute bandages. However, total ...
Husband, wife from Lorain charged in $1.8 million Medicare fraud case
Mark and Denice Walker pleaded not guilty to 16 counts, including healthcare fraud and wire fraud. Prosecutors said they ...
Letters to the Editor: If we're expected to take Medicare fraud crimes seriously, Trump should be too
During Trump's first term, [Trump] granted clemency to at least 10 healthcare executives and doctors convicted of large-scale ...
Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages
In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare ...
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Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too.
Of course, Congress can act to block the Medicare cuts, something it has done in the past. But radical Freedom Caucus ...
N.J. pharmacy owner admits defrauding Medicare, Medicaid out of $175K
The owner of a specialty pharmacy in Linden admitted he orchestrated a scheme that defrauded Medicare and Medicaid out of ...
Social Security 2026 COLA estimated at 2.7%, but much of it will go to Medicare Part B
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment could rise 2.7%. But Medicare Part B premiums are set to rise even more, eating ...
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AARP Endorses Senate Legislation to Stop Medicare Advantage Plans’ Excess Billing
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CMS warns states of new Medicaid waiver expectations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is shifting its policy on section 1115 Medicaid waivers. | The Trump ...
Trump administration gives ICE access to Medicaid patient data for immigration enforcement
A new federal agreement will give ICE access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s Medicaid ...
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AI Meets Medicare: Inside CMS’ WISeR Model With Sanjay Doddamani, MD, MBA
Sanjay Doddamani, MD, MBA, a former senior advisor to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and internist and ...