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1. Share of Cost, Help the VA Connect Veterans to Their Entitled Benefits The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is reaching out to providers, health care professionals and advocates, social workers, and other people who have contact with veterans through their jobs in an effort to make sure our veterans know about their VA benefits. Many Veterans, according to the VA, don’t fully understand all the VA benefits […]...
2. Share of Cost, New Resource Helps Californians Find Quality Health Care Share of Cost, New Resource Helps Californians Find Quality Health Care...
3. Share of Cost: Spanish Medicare Fraud; Prevention PSA is on Youtube The National Hispanic Senior Medicare Patrol (NHSMP) has launched a new outreach and communications campaign, which includes a Spanish language public service announcement (PSA).  The PSA is currently being aired in South Florida through mid-September. The PSA, titled El Fraude al Medicare es un Delito. Denúncielo. (Medicare Fraud is a Crime. Report It.), is part of the NHSMP’s Spanish language […]...
4. Share of Cost: Consumers Beware of Medicare Advantage Marketing Fraud Last week Julie Schoen, our California Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Project Director, spoke on Medicare fraud on a statewide press teleconference hosted by California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC). Both agencies, DMHC and SMP, are committed to protecting beneficiairies from the sometimes malicious and fraudulent practices of a few insurance agents. While most agents […]...
5. Share of Cost, CA Senior Medicare Patrol Recovers Over $1.6 Million for Medicare Share of Cost, CA Senior Medicare Patrol Recovers Over $1.6 Million for Medicare...
6. Share of Cost, Your Handy Tips to Avoid Medicare Fraud Share of Cost, Your Handy Tips to Avoid Medicare Fraud...
7. Share of Cost, Long-Term Care Premium Protection and Other Key Health Care Bills Pass California Legislature A number of important health care bills passed the California State Legislature last week. One bill, AB 999 authored by Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee Chair Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) protects consumers from excessive premium rate increases by modifying the long-term care insurance (LTC) premium rate development process. It also helps consumers make more informed choices […]...
8. Several Medicare Cost Changes for New Beneficiaries in the President’s Budget Proposal Several Medicare Cost Changes for New Beneficiaries in the President’s Budget Proposal...
9. Share of Cost, Do You Know What Medicare Covers in the Hospital? Share of Cost, Do You Know What Medicare Covers in the Hospital?...
10. Share of Cost, At Least Half of New Medicare Advantage Enrollees Had Switched From Traditional Medicare During 2006-11 Share of Cost, At Least Half of New Medicare Advantage Enrollees Had Switched From Traditional Medicare During 2006-11...
11. Share of Cost, Good Reasons to Celebrate 50 Years of Medicare Share of Cost, Good Reasons to Celebrate 50 Years of Medicare...
12. Share of Cost, Understand hospital discharge planning and know if you qualify. Share of Cost, Understand hospital discharge planning and know if you qualify....
13. Share of Cost: California Beneficiaries Hit Hard by Medicare Advantage Plan Pull-outs Almost 151,000 beneficiaries in California are in a Medicare Advantage plan that is pulling out of Medicare in 2012. This means these plans are not renewing their Medicare contracts, their plans are terminating by the end of the year, and beneficiaries enrolled in these plans need to choose a new coverage option for 2012. With […]...
14. Medicare And Medicaid Spending Variations are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions But Not at Overall State Level Medicare And Medicaid Spending Variations are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions But Not at Overall State Level...
15. Share of Cost: 91 People Charged for Fraudulently Billing Medicare $295 Million Have you heard about last week’s arrests in a historic takedown by the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) Strike Force? This takedown happened in 8 cities and has resulted in charges against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately […]...