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Medicare Beneficiaries Prescription Drugs
1,867 wordsCongress Asked To Take Action As HMOs Flee Managed See end of article for an opportunity to comment on Medicare+Choice, the system that was supposed to nation's senior citizens, will be lucky if it next year. Thanks mainly to the increasing cost of drug benefit, HMOs are exiting the program in Congress can save Medicare+Choice, experts believe, have the political will to do so this election year This is not exactly a bolt out of the blue. Last organizations chose not to renew their contracts for...
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Medicare Beneficiaries Trust Fund
1,250 wordsProject 2: Problem Statement, Team Charter and Work Plan Problem Statement We represent a hospital multi-system with more than 52 hospitals in 23 states. I am the Director of Clinical Operations responsible for Performance Improvement, Regulatory and Accreditation for the eleven hospitals in my division with hospitals in Mississippi (1), Louisiana (6) and Virginia (4). I work closely with the hospitals leadership team, CEO, CFO, COO, CNO, and Quality Resource Management to ensure the compliance ...
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Medicare Beneficiaries Qualified Personnel
2,737 wordsOutcomes Assessment and Quality Management Introduction The materials and information provided here are guidelines to be used to ensure the compliance with regulatory (Medicare and State) and Accreditation (Joint Commission Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and process improvement, especially with the Medicare CoP standards in section 482. 30 (hospital must have in effect a utilization review (UR) plan that provides for review of services furnished by the institution and by memb...
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Medicare Beneficiaries Managed Care
2,007 wordsMedicaid was enacted in the same legislation that created the Medicare program-the Social Security Amendments of 1965. Prior to the passage of this law, health care services for the indigent were provided primarily through a patchwork of programs sponsored by State and local governments, charities, and community hospitals. Before 1965, Federal assistance to the States for the provision of health care was provided through two grant programs. The Social Security Amendments of 1950 provided Federal...
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Medicare Beneficiaries Clinical Trials
580 wordsProviding Cancer Clinical Trials for Medicare Beneficiaries Less than three percent of cancer patients participate in clinical trials of new therapies. Many scientists believe that higher participation could lead to the faster development of therapies for more of those in need. Moreover, the elderly, who are most likely to get cancer, often cannot participate in such trials because Medicare does not pay for such treatments until they are established as standard therapies. Americans over 65 make ...
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