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Okla Medicaid Could Cut Dialysis

The news for state budgets has been bleak as of late, and calls for cuts could have profound affects on kidney disease patients, most notably in Oklahoma. ...More
January 20, 2011
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation
Calif Suspends Medicaid Payments to Dialysis Clinics

California has suspended Medicaid payments to more than 1,000 healthcare clinics, including dialysis centers, until a new state budget is signed into law, according to an Aug. 25 report in the Visalia Times-Delta. ...More
August 25, 2010
Posted in Blog, Business, Practice Management
Viewpoint: Dialysis Patients Advocating for Medigap

Dialysis patients are unique in that no matter what their age, they are eligible to qualify for Medicare under the program’s end-stage renal disease (ESRD) benefit. Fortunately, Medicare covers the majority of patients’ medical costs—80 percent. However, patients are left ...More
July 12, 2010
Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation
House Passes Health Reform Bill

The controversial U.S. health system transformation won approval on Capitol Hill late Sunday, as stated in a report in The Wall Street Journal.According to the report, "The House gave final passage to the Senate's health legislation on a climactic 219-to-212 vote, as ...More
March 22, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Ga. Legislator Introduces Bill to Help Transplant Patients

Sen. Don Thomas, (R-Dalton) introduced legislation that would help pay for dialysis and drugs needed after a kidney transplant. ...More
January 29, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
CBO: Medicare Spending to Reach $528 Billion in 2010

Gross spending on the Medicare program is expected to total $528 billion in 2010, $735 billion in 2015, and $1,038 billion in 2020, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO also expects for Medicare spending to rise (as a percentage of gross domestic product ...More
January 27, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Amgen, Immunex to Pay $7.2 Million Settlement

CNN is reporting that pharmaceutical manufacturers Amgen and Immunex Corp. have agreed to pay Illinois $7.2 million to settle the state’s allegations they inflated the wholesale price index used for setting Medicaid reimbursements. ...More
July 8, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Obama Wants to Give MedPAC Power Over Payments

In a letter sent Tuesday to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and his counterpart on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind a measure that would give the ...More
June 4, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
CMS Announces Sites for Hospital Readmission Project

BETHESDA, Md.—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 13 announced the 14 communities around the nation chosen for its Care Transitions Project, seeking to eliminate unnecessary hospital re-admissions. ...More
April 14, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Priority 1 EMS Owners Indicted on Healthcare, Mail Fraud

TEXAS—The Examiner Newspaper is reporting the U.S. District Attorney Office for the Eastern District of Texas unsealed a 75-count indictment against Robert and Claudette Read, owners of Priority 1 EMS in Jasper, Texas.The 31-page indictment alleges that over the ...More
March 26, 2009
Posted in News, Government & Regulation

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