Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Medicare program; limitation on recoupment of provider and supplier overpayments. Final rule.

14 Sep 2009 This final rule implements a provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) which prohibits recouping Medicare overpayments from a provider or supplier that seeks a reconsideration from a Qualified ... Read more...

The attitude of Belgian social insurance physicians towards evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines.

7 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Evidence-based medicine has broadened its scope and is starting to reach insurance medicine. Although still in its initial stages, physicians in the area of insurance medicine should keep up-to-date with the evidence on various diseases ... Read more...

TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule.

15 Jul 2009 This final rule implements section 701 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2007, Public Law 109-364. Section 701 amends Title 10 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), Chapter 55, Section 1079(a) by authorizing coverage for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance, Health, Reimbursement - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medicare program; limitation on recoupment of provider and supplier overpayments. Final rule. 14 Sep 2009
• The attitude of Belgian social insurance physicians towards evidence-based practice and clinical practice guidelines. 7 Sep 2009
• ECHR 2009/9 Case of Schlumpf v. Switzerland, 8 January 2009, no. 29002/06 (First section). 30 Aug 2009
• [Not all lubricants are affected by exclusion from reimbursement by the statutory health insurance] 30 Jul 2009
• TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule. 15 Jul 2009
• More checks than balances in the struggle for health care reform. 13 Jul 2009
• Aligning physician and hospital incentives: the approach at hospital for special surgery. 12 Jul 2009
• Aligning incentives in orthopaedics: opportunities and challenges -- the Case Medical Center experience. 6 Jul 2009
• Healthcare reform. 29 Jun 2009
• Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA): preauthorization of durable medical equipment. Final rule. 29 Jun 2009
• Report of the 2009 APhA House of Delegates: actions of the legislative body of the American Pharmacists Association. 29 Jun 2009
• Medicaid program: rescission of School-Based Administration/Transportation final rule, Outpatient Hospital Services final rule, and partial rescission of Case Management Interim final rule. Final rule. 28 Jun 2009
• [Reimbursement of treatment costs for erectile dysfunction: decision of the Federal Administrative Court] 30 May 2009
• Clinical ethics for the treatment of children and adolescents: a guide for general psychiatrists. 30 May 2009
• Evidence and values: requirements for public reimbursement of drugs for rare diseases--a case study in oncology. 11 May 2009
• Insurance certification for third parties. 30 Apr 2009
• Why the home health public markets stumbled. 29 Apr 2009
• Expensive drugs for rare disorders: to treat or not to treat? The case of enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis VI. 29 Apr 2009
• "RAC" up for providers. 30 Mar 2009
• Legislation: where does health care fit in? 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Insurance, Health, Reimbursement'

Definition: Payment by a third-party payer in a sum equal to the amount expended by a health care provider or facility for health services rendered to an insured or program beneficiary. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

Descriptor UI: D007349

Alternative terms: Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Reimbursement, Health Insurance; Third-Party Payments; Payment, Third-Party; Payments, Third-Party; Third Party Payments; Third-Party Payment; Health Insurance Reimbursement; Health Insurance Reimbursements; Insurance Reimbursement, Health; Insurance Reimbursements, Health; Reimbursements, Health Insurance; Third-Party Payers; Payer, Third-Party; Payers, Third-Party; Third Party Payers; Third-Party Payer;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.480; N03.219.521.710;

History Note: 82 (Aug 77); was see under INSURANCE, HEALTH Aug 77-81

Technical Notes: specify geog if possible