Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Va. House Republicans reaffirm Medicaid opposition

Va. House Republicans reaffirm Medicaid opposition

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 3:47 pm

Feds Begin Fingerprinting ‘High Risk’ Medicare Providers and Suppliers

Feds Begin Fingerprinting ‘High Risk’ Medicare Providers and Suppliers

Jeryl Bier · April 15, 2014 10:06 am

The IG reviewed 664 face-to-face encounter documents of "home health agencies." (Thinkstock)

Questionable Medicare claims cost HHS billions, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

AP Photo

Washington Secrets

White House ‘taxpayer receipt’ shows 25% of income taxes go to health care

Paul Bedard · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

A 44-year-old New Orleans man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to 15 months in federal prison for his role in frauds alleged to have cost Medicare more than $2.5 million.

Eight Florida patients arrested in Medicare scam

Associated Press · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Marine veteran Mercedies Harris speaks during a rally in support of Medicaid expansion at Capitol Square in Richmond, Va., on Saturday. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch,Mark Gormus)

Medicaid expansion debate good for insurers in Virginia

Alan Suderman · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Medicaid expansion fails in Maine for a third time

Medicaid expansion fails in Maine for a third time

Alanna Durkin · April 11, 2014 4:48 pm

In this April 1, 2014 photo, Ernie Merritt stands with his back brace at his home in of Saco, Maine. Merritt, who runs a support group for chronic pain patients, supports Medicaid guidelines that promote alternative treatments, including physical therapy, in place of narcotic painkillers. Maine is leading in efforts to stem the flow of powerful opioid painkillers with unique Medicaid guidelines. (AP Photo/Blake Davis)

Maine Medicaid rules reduce narcotic prescriptions

Blake Davis · April 10, 2014 5:31 pm

Washington Secrets

Surprise: Ed Gillespie beating Mark Warner among independents, Hispanics

Paul Bedard · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

State legislators should ask themselves whether Medicaid expansion is really worth the future cost to taxpayers in their states and whether it is really fair to throw more low-income Americans into costly substandard health care. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Medicaid expansion is expensive for both states and the poor

Veronique de Rugy · April 10, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This Jan. 31, 2010, file image released by Miami Dade College shows Dr. Salomon Melgen, posing for a photo at the book signing of "Growing American Roots", a book by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., at the college in Miami. Topping Medicare's list of highest paid physicians from it's claims database was Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, whose relationship with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., made headlines last year after news broke that the lawmaker used the doctor's personal jet for trips to the Dominican Republic. Medicare paid Melgen $20.8 million. (AP Photo/Miami Dade College, Phil Roche, File)

Top-paid Medicare doctors say they have reasons

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARSERDAR TUMGOREN · April 9, 2014 8:40 pm

Kan. AG happy with legislation to strengthen Medicaid fraud penalties

Kan. AG happy with legislation to strengthen Medicaid fraud penalties

Bryan Cohen · April 9, 2014 6:32 pm