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Medicare - Economics
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Definition of 'Medicare'Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) |
Sunday, November 22, 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...
30 Aug 2009 Medical necessity is a legal, not medical, term. Depending on the stakeholder's point of view, it may seem less about human need and dispensing medical care and more about a web of rules, rulings, regulations, and manuals, especially for Medicare ... Read more...
Health care utilization and cost burden of herpes zoster in a community population.
30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To conduct a population-based study to assess health care utilization (HCU) and costs associated with herpes zoster (HZ) and its complications, including postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and nonpain complications, in adults aged 22 years and ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Medicare - Economics'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Four health care reforms for 2009.
5 Oct 2009 - Cuts in reimbursement proposed for radiation oncology in the US. 29 Sep 2009
- Follow the money--controlling expenditures by improving care for patients needing costly services. 28 Sep 2009
- Does vascular surgery cost too much? 24 Sep 2009
- The case for killing granny. Rethinking end-of-life care. 19 Sep 2009
- Medicare program; limitation on recoupment of provider and supplier overpayments. Final rule. 14 Sep 2009
- Getting past denial--the high cost of health care in the United States. 7 Sep 2009
- Geography lessons and health care reform. 30 Aug 2009
- Preventable readmissions: a prime target for reform. 30 Aug 2009
- Medical necessity: is current documentation practice and payment denial limiting access to inpatient rehabilitation? 30 Aug 2009
- Health care utilization and cost burden of herpes zoster in a community population. 30 Aug 2009
- Understanding the risk factors of trauma center closures: do financial pressure and community characteristics matter? 30 Aug 2009
- Economic factors in nephrology: Core Curriculum 2009. 30 Aug 2009
- Medicare program; changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system for acute care hospitals and fiscal year 2010 rates; and changes to the long-term care hospital prospective payment system and rate years 2010 and 2009 rates. Final rules and interim final rule with comment period. 25 Aug 2009
- Explaining racial disparities in mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 20 Aug 2009
- Medicare program; prospective payment system and consolidated billing for skilled nursing facilities for FY 2010; minimum data set, version 3.0 for skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities. Final rule. 9 Aug 2009
- Another cut reprieve. But execs concerned no permanent solution in place. 8 Aug 2009
- Medicare program; inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for federal fiscal year 2010. Final rule. 5 Aug 2009
- Medicare program; hospice wage index for fiscal year 2010. Final rule. 4 Aug 2009
- Medicare payment needs fixing. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Medicare'
Definition: Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
Descriptor UI: D006278
Alternative terms: Medicare; Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18; Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18; Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18; Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled;
Related Mesh Headings: Insurance, Medigap;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: N03.219.521.346.506.564.663; N03.219.521.576.343.840;
Online Note: use MEDICARE to search HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90; HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE l8 1966-78 (as Prov 1966)
History Note: 91; was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, was HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1966-78 (PROV 1966); MEDICARE was see HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED, TITLE 18 1979-90, & HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED, TITLE 18 1975-78 1966-78 (Prov 1966)
Technical Notes: U.S. only: for Canada & Australia index under NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS + country; specify geog; Public Law 89-97