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This is one of the largest settlements reached in the many similar cases that have come under review. Aside from the fraud involv...

payments is more lucrative then the financial "risk" of being caught. Like any crime, if the law is lax in either the presence of...

billing stipulations. Also in 2004, spending on services rendered by physical therapists (PTs) increased dramatically. Wallace lis...

then the financial "risk" of being caught. Like any crime, if the law is lax in either the presence of legal directive or its enf...

frameworks include the "Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 1998" (Texas Le...

$3 billion annually, that is about 10 percent of all claims (Albert, 2004). There are a number of laws that specifically address ...

"yes" response to a question requiring clarification takes the user directly to the point where that clarification can be entered....

that gives patients more options while maintaining fewer requirements (McKelvey, 2004). It is something that should strengthen the...

The provider may not charge either the patient or supplementary insurer an additional amount. "If the provider does not take assi...

care is no more a right than is the "right" to drive fast cars (Marmor, 2000); far more subscribe to the view that access to healt...

that a means test would be supported by Democrats but that is far from the case. The article points out that Medicare is embraced ...

forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a variety o...

or may not have a market, home health care is a service that always has a market of some size. The business is a proven one, one ...

American Medical Colleges, American Medical Assn. et al. v. United States), which alleged the government is conducting illegal Med...

back to rationality and politics (and the fact Stone believes the two cant be combined), she notes that the theoretical rational d...

and their insurers by operating under two distinct fee schedules. Medicare requires that care providers fees be "normal and custo...

electric scooter to virtually anyone over the age of 65, CMS current position is that no individual will be approved to receive on...

debt while meeting operational overhead expenses. As the federal government seeks to gain the benefits of increasing qualit...

providers fees be "normal and customary," and those care providers who have attempted to set lower fees for those without any safe...

America, not the least of which is hospice care. Even funding sources of the magnitude of Medicare and private insurers have come ...

with advancing age. Care providers cannot set lower fees for uninsured individuals and then penalize the insured and their insure...

that health insurance is simply a fringe benefit as opposed to a fundamental right (1994). Another issue that comes into play is...

to be able to liberalize their policies, something that has made life difficult for many people, and not just seniors or the disab...

arguing that Wheatley was not intelligent, for she was. We are merely arguing that her ignorance of the true realities of slavery ...

in mankinds history, the machine will far exceed that most refined and sophisticated of all machines: the human brain? The movie ...

boys with a fair trial by an impartial jury which eventually led to the end of jury restriction based on race throughout the count...

The ability of the camera to catch images was distinct change in the former methods, where it was an artists perception that was c...

place to sleep and food to eat. While the stereotypical liberal democrat may appear to be kinder, the Republican side defends its ...

reduce the number of physical security guards required onsite, and the stationary nature of the camera reduces maintenance costs a...

our transportation systems, our mail systems, and our computer networks. At the same time, our security has never been more depend...