Medicare Advantage Reimbursements to Increase by 3.6 %

Next year, average reimbursements for private Medicare Advantage plans will increase by 3.6 percent, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Monday. Last year’s increase averaged 3.5 percent. (Associated Press) Approximately 22 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in the private Medicare program. In related Medicare news, the American Association for Homecare [...]

Provider and Information Letters: New Forms, License Periods and Renewals

The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) released four new provider letters and one information letter: New HCS and TxHmL Forms 3610 and 3611 for Involuntary Termination of the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) Option DADS notified Home and Community-Based Services Providers, Texas Home Living Providers, and Mental Retardation Authorities about the process for [...]

CMS Changes Rules To Reduce Medicare Drug Plan Reassignments

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new rules that will allow low-income Medicare Part D prescription drug program beneficiaries to remain enrolled in their current plans instead of facing reassignment at the end of the year. The new rules will be effective May 31, 2008. (Source) The new rules apply [...]

California Medi-Cal Director Failed to Review Physician Reimbursement Rates

According to the Sacramento Bee (via Medical News Today), California has not been complying with a law that requires the Medi-Cal director to review physician reimbursement rates every year. According to Sandra Shewry, director of the California Department of Health Care Services, the 1976 law is obsolete, passed when health care spending “made up a [...]

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