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Interim Final Rule Offers Physicians An Option To Acquire Drugs From Vendors Selected In A Competitive Bidding Process

Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:53:05 GMT

Moratorium On New Specialty Hospitals Expires

Publ.Date : Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:28:27 GMT

A 2.5 Percent Increase In Medicare Home Health Payment Rates Proposed

Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:31:14 GMT

Expanded Criteria Reaffirmed For Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Publ.Date : Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:08:59 GMT

Oversight And Investigations On Community Health Centers

Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:39:56 GMT

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CMS Guidance on the Limited-Income Subsidy Helpful Information and Fact Sheets
Help For Those With Limited Income and Resources.
Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:12:17 GMT

40th Anniversary for Medicare and Medicaid
In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created under HEW to effectively coordinate Medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2001, HCFA was renamed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:30:27 GMT

CMS Facilitates Access to Innovative Technology
In a ruling announced today by Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., CMS clarified its payment rules to present beneficiaries with the choice to receive presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs) that not only replace lens clouded by cataracts but also allows the eye to focus on near, intermediate, and far vision, minimizing the need for corrective lens.
Publ.Date : Thu, 19 May 2005 12:37:45 GMT

Upcoming Distance Learning Opportunities on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Publ.Date : Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:41:29 GMT

Changes to Competitive Acquisition Program Timeline
Medicare Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs and Biologicals
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:32:06 GMT

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New Edition of the Guide to Home Health Care Agencies
Home Health Compare can assist in choosing the best local home health agency - based on past performance helping patients get better and improving their ability to function at home. By looking at the type of care the beneficiary needs and seeing what portion of each agency's patients achieve the best results ("outcomes") for that type of care, beneficiaries and their families can make sure that they choose the agency with the best track record.
Publ.Date : Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:10:10 GMT

Medicare.gov Data Updates
This week the data for the following tools was updated on Medicare.gov:
Nursing Home Compare
Helpful Contacts
Medicare Options Compare<.
Publ.Date : Thu, 26 March 2009 11:30:45 GMT

Order a Medicare Replacement Card Online

Publ.Date : Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:33:35 GMT

2008 Medicare premiums and coinsurance rates

Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:16:55 GMT

Changes to Competitive Acquisition Program Timeline
Medicare Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs and Biologicals
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:32:06 GMT

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Malaria Acquired in Haiti --- 2010


RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS: Recommendations for Diagnosis of Shiga Toxin--Producing Escherichia coli Infections by Clinical Laboratories


World Kidney Day --- March 11


QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Ethnicity --- United States, 2007


Summary of Notifiable Diseases --- United States, 2007


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