Click here to return to the main newsletter page or here to return to the MedicareHMO homepage
Medicare business news on MA, PDP and related topics

Pioneer ACOs: Quantifying Risks & Identifying Opportunities
Sponsor Message

Medicare News

Medicare's 'No-Pay' HAI Policy Reshifts Hospital Priorities
HealthLeaders Media, May 3, 2012

Medicare Advantage plans are a vital source of coverage for low-income and minority beneficiaries
AHIP, May 3, 2012

Online Medicare enrollment expanded to dialysis facilities, rural health clinics
AHA News Now, May 2, 2012
 
Analysis: ACOs Could Have The Medicare Muscle To Transform Health System
Kaiser Health News, May 2, 2012

CVS Caremark Wants To Fill Medicare's Doughnut Hole With Profits
Forbes, May 2, 2012

CMS issues final rule on changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D programs
Lexology, April 30, 2012

All Medicare plans are above average now
Reuters, April 26, 2012
 

Medicare Blogs

Medicare Advantage Payment The Focus Again: This Time Around, Quality Bonuses
by Marsha Gold, Health Affairs Blog, May 1, 2012

Medicare's Wobbly Solvency
By John Gorman, Gorman Health Group Blog, April 27, 2012
 

Medicare Video

 
 

Dept. of Justice: Charges in Historical Medicare Fraud

Attorney General Holder announces 107 are charged in a Medicare fraud case involving $452 million in false billings.
 

Medicare Term of the Day

Medicare Administrative Contractor

A Medicare Administrative Contractor is a company that processes claims for Medicare. Medicare Contracting Reform is a major component in achieving health care security for beneficiaries. Section 911 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 mandates that the Secretary for Health & Human Services replace the current contracting authority to administer the Medicare Part A and Part B FFS programs, with the new Medicare Administrative Contactor authority.

Look up more terms in the MedicareHMO glossary.
 

healthsprocket lists

Historical Change in Medicare Part B Standard Monthly Premium

1 .1970: $ 4.00
2. 1980: $ 8.70
3. Click to continue

 Source: 2012 Medicare Trustees Report

healthsprocket: the home for health care lists check out more lists on healthsprocket. "What's on your list?"
 

HealthcareWebSummit Events

Upcoming Webinars: 

Contracting Web Summit May 10, 2012
Shifting the Cost Paradigm with Big Data and Prepayment Analytics May 16, 2012

Pioneer ACOs: Quantifying Risks & Identifying Opportunities May 23, 2012

Hospital Districts: Mapping the Future, May 24, 2012
Private Health Insurance Exchanges: Moving Forward During Reform Uncertainty, June 7, 2012
Predictive Modeling Web Summit June 14, 2012
Readmissions Web Summit August 23, 2012
Medical Home Web Summit November 8, 2012
Accountable Care Web Summit December 5, 2012


Check out CD-ROMs of past HealthcareWebSummit events on Medicare and a wide range of other key topics at www.healthwebsummit.com/cdroms.htm

 

MedicareHMO Web Site

Home | Events | Newsletter | Lists | Fact Sheet | Glossary | Resources | Video | MCOL

MCOL - Positioning you for change in health care
1101 Standiford Ave., Suite C-3
Modesto, CA 95350
www.mcol.com

 


MCOL respects your privacy.
Please read our online Privacy Policy.


Click here to return to the main newsletter page or here to return to the MedicareHMO homepage