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the poorest communities, in terms of income level, have the lowest standard of health: a group which practises low-risk behaviours...
most of the differences between them rest on the types of drugs covered under each specific plan. The mechanics of each plan are ...
cost billions to bring a new drug to market, and the developer has patent protection only for relatively few years. To recoup its...
income which is far from adequate, they sometimes have to literally make the decision whether to eat or buy the drugs which have b...
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...
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...
$3 billion annually, that is about 10 percent of all claims (Albert, 2004). There are a number of laws that specifically address ...
This is one of the largest settlements reached in the many similar cases that have come under review. Aside from the fraud involv...
frameworks include the "Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 1998" (Texas Le...
majority, if not all, Medicare part D plans will offer incentives for participants to choose generic drugs. It is believed that "g...
"yes" response to a question requiring clarification takes the user directly to the point where that clarification can be entered....
included doctors, hospitals, lab work, dentistry and nursing (The history of Medicare). In addition, medical insurance for the nee...
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...
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...
The provider may not charge either the patient or supplementary insurer an additional amount. "If the provider does not take assi...
that gives patients more options while maintaining fewer requirements (McKelvey, 2004). It is something that should strengthen the...
with advancing age. Care providers cannot set lower fees for uninsured individuals and then penalize the insured and their insure...
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...
back to rationality and politics (and the fact Stone believes the two cant be combined), she notes that the theoretical rational d...
also had increased dramatically: by 1994, that percentage of GNP had increased to 15 percent and had topped the $1 trillion mark ...
America, not the least of which is hospice care. Even funding sources of the magnitude of Medicare and private insurers have come ...
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...
influences the degree to which health care costs rise in that it establishes what it will and will not pay for goods and services....
to be able to liberalize their policies, something that has made life difficult for many people, and not just seniors or the disab...