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Sight, snakes and possible swindles were themes in Dr. Oz’s visit to Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Trump’s director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to a Columbus-area elementary school to see the results of a government-sponsored… Read More
Ohio Medicare patients now need approval for certain procedures – from artificial intelligence
By: Taylor Winzer | Ideastream Public Media
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream Public Media) — Ohio is one of six states in a new federal pilot program that’s using artificial intelligence to help decide whether certain medical procedures should be… Read More
Ohio will pilot adding prior authorization requirements to Medicare
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Many private health insurers require medical providers to get approval before administering treatment, sometimes resulting in delayed or denied care for patients. Now, that tactic,… Read More
Medicare Advantage keeps growing. Tiny, rural hospitals say that’s a huge problem
By: Sarah Jane Tribble | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Jason Bleak runs Battle Mountain General Hospital, a small facility in a remote Nevada gold-mining town that he describes as “out here in the middle of nowhere.”… Read More
Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could undermine one of the government’s most powerful tools for fighting fraud in government… Read More
How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions
By: Fred Schulte | Holly K. Hacker | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry… Read More
Hidden audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000… Read More
Drug plan prices touted during Medicare open enrollment can rise within a month
By: Susan Jaffe | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Something strange happened between the time Linda Griffith signed up for a new Medicare prescription drug plan during last fall’s enrollment period and when she tried… Read More
Medicare Changes Allowed During Ohio Open Enrollment Period
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s next open enrollment period for Medicare is underway. It began Tuesday. Ohioans have until Dec. 7 to sign up or make changes to their coverage… Read More
Targeting ‘Medicare For All’ Proposals, Trump Lays Out His Vision For Medicare
Speaking from a retirement community in Florida, the President gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals.
Bevin Running Mate Mentioned in Medicare Fraud Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – A Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Kentucky was one of a dozen doctors federal authorities said received improper gifts from a home health agency. State… Read More