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Odyssey Healthcare to Present at Oppenheimer & Co. 19th Annual Healthcare Conference: DALLAS -- Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODSY) today announced that it will deliver a presentation at the Oppenheimer & Co. 19th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at 11:20 a.m. Eastern Time at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. To access a live broadcast of Odyssey's presentation, listeners...; Tags: Company, Medicare, Odyssey Healthcare Inc., Oppenheimer & Co., patient; Research articles 2008-10-29
CMS and Department of Defense Collaborate to Expand CMS' South Carolina Pilot Project Powered by HealthTrio's Personal Health Record: Medicare Beneficiaries with Original Medicare in South Carolina Can Authorize DoD to Electronically Transmit TRICARE Health Data into Their HealthTrio PHR CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- HealthTrio LLC, a leading health information technology company, announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS is collaborating with the U.S. Department...; Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2008-10-08
CIGNA Expands Medicare Offerings for Individuals: BLOOMFIELD, Conn. -- CIGNA today announced a variety of new programs that will be available to Medicare eligible individuals for 2009. Some of the new offerings include Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plans with no costs for popular generic prescriptions used to treat common conditions such as high blood pressure,...; Tags: Benefits, CIGNA Corp., HEALTHCARE, Medicare, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2008-10-01
Healthcare cost increases continue to decline: expected average increase is 10.6 percent, lowest in recent years, according to Aon Consulting: It may not bring the wave of relief employers would love to experience, but the latest healthcare cost survey from Aon Consulting Worldwide shows increases are the lowest they've been since 2001. The division of Aon Corp. began the survey seven years ago, when the healthcare costs for HMOs...; Tags: Aon Consulting, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, HMO, Medicare, SOFTWARE, survey; Research articles 2008-10-01
The never ever eleven: the danger that a "never event" can become an exposure against which hospitals cannot defend has some risk managers wondering whether hospitals will be bearing the brunt of strict liability in which juries have only to fin: Summary * Beginning on Oct. 1, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will refuse to pay for 11 conditions it identifies as "reasonably preventable." * Healthcare risk managers say the ramifications of these rules may be too punitive and hold hospitals responsible for exposures they cannot control. ...; Tags: Benefits, CFO, CIGNA Corp., Company, HEALTHCARE, hospital, investment, Medicare, patient, SOFTWARE, surgery, WellPoint Inc.; Research articles 2008-10-01

AARP Drug Price Survey Overlooks Critical Factors, Says BIO: Report Ignores Impact of Discounts, Rebates, Negotiated Prices and Patient Assistance Programs That Help Lower Drug Costs WASHINGTON -- The following statement was issued today by the Biotechnology Industry Organization BIO regarding a new survey from the AARP on price trends for biotechnology drugs: "The report issued yesterday...; Tags: AARP, beneficiary, Biotechnology, Medicare, survey; Research articles 2008-09-26
HHS takes new steps to accelerate adoption of electronic prescribing: Medicare Payments for Successful Electronic Prescribers, Reporting Quality Data are Important Steps Toward a Value-Driven Health Care System ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING Medicare is taking new steps to speed the adoption of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) by offering incentive payments to physicians and other eligible professionals who use the technology. E-prescribing...; Tags: Benefits, E-prescribing, HEALTHCARE, incentive, Medicare, physician, SALES, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Research articles 2008-09-01
HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama: WASHINGTON -- HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP, in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama continue to receive their health care items and services. "Hurricane Gustav is quickly...; Tags: beneficiary, Benefits, Declaration, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, patient, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Research articles 2008-09-01
Letters to the editor: Check the past record Tooting his own horn, Pat Roberts' letter July 25 about all he has done for the Medicare bill was sure far-flung for a man who has such close ties to the man who vetoed the first bill in the first place. What...; Tags: Boeing Co., HEALTHCARE, Kansas, Medicare, Texas; Research articles 2008-08-24
Japan's economic package to reach 73 billion dollars: report: TOKYO AFP — Japan is set to unveil a stimulus package worth eight trillion yen (73 billion dollars) in a bid to shore up the economy, a report said on Saturday. Economic fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano delivered a draft of the planned measures to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Government, Japan, Medicare, stimulus; Research articles 2008-08-22
Medicare oversight under fire: WASHINGTON -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional investigators say. The study by the Government Accountability Office obtained by The Associated Press sought to...; Tags: General Accounting Office, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, supplier; Research articles 2008-08-04
Bounty hunters: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel has demanded an audit of a controversial federal program that recovered nearly $1 billion in improper Medicare payments over two years in New York and five other states. In a letter to the Government Accountability Office, Rangel and four other congressmen said hospitals and physicians complained...; Tags: Databases, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, payment, Servers, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Research articles 2008-08-04
Withheld taxes not forwarded: WASHINGTON -- More than a million and a half businesses owe the government about $58 billion in taxes they were supposed to withhold from employees' paychecks but never forwarded to the IRS, congressional investigators said in a report made public Monday. The 1.6 million businesses owing income, Social...; Tags: FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, Medicare, payroll, Taxes; Research articles 2008-07-29
Record deficit expected in 2009: WASHINGTON -- The White House has increased its estimate for next year's deficit to nearly $490 billion, a record figure that will saddle the next president with deepening budget problems in his first year in office, a report due out today shows. The projected deficit for...; Tags: Bush, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, president, Taxes, Transportation, U.S. Congress, White House; Research articles 2008-07-28
Joan Aragone column: It ain't over 'til it's over: In the immortal words of former New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, "It ain't over 'til it's over." Berra was talking about baseball, but his words apply to the latest contest between Congress and the president that played out last week. Although local print and...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, president, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-07-13
Cancer-stricken Kennedy gets ovation on Senate return: WASHINGTON AFP — Veteran Senator Edward Kennedy got a standing ovation from his colleagues as he returned to the US Senate Wednesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer. The Democratic icon showed up for a vote on the Medicare state health program for seniors during...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, senator, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-07-09
SureScripts-RxHub Applauds House and Senate Passage of First Ever Medicare Incentives for Physicians to Use E-Prescribing in Place of Paper Prescriptions: The co-CEOs of SureScripts-RxHub, J.P. Little and Rick Ratliff, released the following statement today after the U.S. Senate passed a bill to give Medicare the ability to reward physicians for acquiring and using electronic prescribing or "e-prescribing" technology as a replacement for paper prescriptions. Offering financial incentives to physicians who...; Tags: Benefits, E-prescribing, HEALTHCARE, Medicare, patient, physician, prescription, SOFTWARE, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-07-09
Doctors request reversal: By Barbara Hollingsworth THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Patients and doctors have plenty on the line as Congress reconvenes. Late last month, lawmakers left Washington, D.C., without putting a stop to a 10.6 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements made to physicians. In the wake of those reductions,...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2008-07-08
Doctors request reversal: By Barbara Hollingsworth THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Patients and doctors have plenty on the line as Congress reconvenes. Late last month, lawmakers left Washington, D.C., without putting a stop to a 10.6 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements made to physicians. In the wake of those reductions,...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2008-07-08
Joan Aragone: Keep an eye on Congress: The game is on again. Congress returns to work this week after a long July 4 break, having left a pile of unfinished business behind. And this time America's seniors and their advocates are watching. High on the agenda is the 10.6 percent cut in reimbursement to...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Medicare, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2008-07-06