Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Seattle weed producers double production for Super Bowl Sunday

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Seattle weed producers double production for Super Bowl Sunday

Kelsey Rupp · January 31, 2015 10:23 pm

One wheelchair seller concocted notes about a wheelchair exam and added them to unrelated checkup notes.Â (iStock)

Medicare lost $35M on powered scooters, wheelchairs for ineligible recipients

Luke Rosiak · January 28, 2015 10:00 am

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence announces that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has approved the state's waiver request for the plan his administration calls HIP 2.0 during a speech in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana to expand Medicaid under Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 27, 2015 4:13 pm

Pediatricians appeal to DEA to allow research on medical marijuana treatment for children

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Pediatricians appeal to DEA to allow research on medical marijuana treatment for children

Maria Santos · January 26, 2015 11:05 pm

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Medicare aims to reform doctor payments

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 26, 2015 8:41 pm

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Hospital improvement hindered by overlapping federal programs

Ethan Barton · January 25, 2015 9:29 pm

As GOP dawdles, liberals prepare Obamacare 2.0

As GOP dawdles, liberals prepare Obamacare 2.0

Philip Klein · January 23, 2015 10:00 am

At the end of March, Medicare payments to doctors will plunge dramatically unless Congress temporarily averts the cuts in what's become popularly known as the "doc fix." (iStock Photo)

Congress gridlocked over fixing Medicare doctor payments

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 21, 2015 4:34 pm

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid overpaid hospitals by an estimated $4.6 million for returning patients. (iStock Photo)

Medicare officials refuse to seek recovery of nearly $5 million in lost funds

Ethan Barton · January 21, 2015 10:00 am

Legislatures in multiple states must decide this year whether to expand Medicaid in order to qualify for federal funding under the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

Obamacare Medicaid hike hits GOP

Rebecca Berg · January 20, 2015 7:25 pm

Top Republican senator calls for Medicare, Medicaid reform

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 20, 2015 3:14 pm

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Medicare gives hospice providers incentives to target lucrative patients

Sarah Bedford · January 19, 2015 9:18 pm