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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Medicare managed care enrollment by disability-eligible and age-eligible veterans.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with enrollment in a Medicare advantage (MA) plan versus Medicare fee-for-service plan in 2000-2004 by Medicare-eligible veterans. We also assessed whether these factors differed between disability-eligible ... Read more...

Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patients.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Medicare home health benefit is predicated on physician referral and involvement. In this study, we investigated (1) the frequency and (2) implications of home health patients' evaluation and management by community physicians. ... Read more...

Gastrointestinal malignancies: when does race matter?

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: African Americans have a poorer survival from gastrointestinal cancers. We hypothesized that socioeconomic status may explain much of this disparity. STUDY DESIGN: Four years of population-based Medicare and Medicaid administrative ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medicare'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medicare managed care enrollment by disability-eligible and age-eligible veterans. 30 Oct 2009
• Physician evaluation and management of Medicare home health patients. 30 Oct 2009
• Devices and drugs for stroke: why do regulations differ? 30 Oct 2009
• Gastrointestinal malignancies: when does race matter? 30 Oct 2009
• Medicare's new regulations for deep vein thrombosis as a "never event": wise or worrisome? 30 Oct 2009
• Inconvenient truths about supplier induced demand and unwarranted variation in medical practice. 18 Oct 2009
• Incidence and mortality of hip fractures in the United States. 12 Oct 2009
• Four health care reforms for 2009. 5 Oct 2009
• The aftermath of hip fracture: discharge placement, functional status change, and mortality. 2 Oct 2009
• Financing American Indian health care: impacts and options for improving access and quality. 29 Sep 2009
• Cuts in reimbursement proposed for radiation oncology in the US. 29 Sep 2009
• US reimbursement systems encourage fraud and overutilisation. 29 Sep 2009
• Primary care--lifelines and shortages. 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
• CMS's landmark decision on CT colonography. 22 Sep 2009
• Putting U.S. health care on the right track. 21 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
• Whistle-blower tactic. Lawsuits shouldn't use public sources: groups. 12 Sep 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