Arcadian Health Plan, Inc., announced today the debut of their Medicare Advantage health plans for select counties in California, Missouri, New Hampshire and Virginia, as well as continued expansion into existing markets including Maine and Texas. Its sister organizations and corresponding affiliates also continue expansion in Georgia, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. Providing [...]

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued late on May 29, 2009 proposed regulatory changes regarding Medicare reimbursement for long-term acute care (“LTAC”) hospitals. First, CMS issued an interim final rule in which CMS is revising the relative payment weights that would apply to all discharges occurring between [...]

A group of major employers, insurance companies, third party administrators and lawyers have joined together to form the Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition (MARC), a broad-based group to advocate for Medicare Secondary Payor reform. The group has selected Roy Franco from Safeway and Katie Fox from MedInsights, Inc. to lead the coalition.
“Our goal is to make [...]

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert urged seniors to review and compare their current Medicare plans to ensure they have the best coverage. The annual open enrollment period, which kicked off on November 15 and runs through December 31, gives beneficiaries the opportunity to enroll in or make changes to their [...]

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and North Dakota Governor John Hoeven today urged seniors to review and compare their current Medicare plans to ensure they have the best coverage. The annual open enrollment period, which kicked off on November 15 and runs through December 31, gives beneficiaries the opportunity to enroll in or make changes to [...]

You’ve just received a reminder to refill your prescription or a helpful tip about managing your high blood pressure. But it’s not the doctor or a family member who’s assisting you; instead, it’s your online personal health manager.
It’s an online resource designed to provide confidential, personalized attention to each Medicare Advantage beneficiary and allow them [...]

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and Governor John Hoeven will encourage Medicare beneficiaries to compare plans during Medicare’s Fall Open Enrollment period, which runs from November 15 to December 31, 2008, at a press conference at The Terrace on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. CST. Some beneficiaries may see significant premium increases or changes [...]

Effective October 1, 2008, Medicare expanded durable medical equipment (DME) coverage for High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) devices to a broad range of neuromuscular and neuromotor disorders, including hereditary muscular dystrophies, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myotonic disorders, myopathies and quadriplegia.
Airway clearance therapy is an important therapeutic support choice for many conditions characterized by [...]

MAXIMUS announced that its MAXIMUS Federal Services subsidiary has been awarded a one-year contract by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to process appeals for the Medicare Part A program. The initial contract is valued at approximately $4.1 million and includes two option years for a total contract value of $13.1 million [...]

San Jose’s newest Medicare health plan, CareMore, a Medicare Advantage Plan with Part D Prescription Drug benefits, has been named the only Medicare health plan in the San Jose area to be recognized with the 2009 Senior Choice Gold Award based on the value of the Medicare benefits offered to beneficiaries.
CareMore recently received approval from [...]