Licensure and regulation for telemedicine
Telemedicine, by definition, is medicine at a distance. This raises new issues for physicians and practitioners since licensing is done…
Medicare
Telemedicine reimbursement
Currently, Medicare pays for telemedicine only in limited areas: the originating site must be located in a rural health professional…
Can Medicare fraud recovery really cover health care reform?
The word on the street is that the estimated 10-year cost of expanding health insurance coverage is about $1 trillion. …
Participants in studies differ from medicare population
CHICAGO—The clinical trials used by Medicare for making decisions about coverage for cardiovascular products or services include participants who differ…
Medicare
Definition of Medicare A program under the U.S. Social Security administration that reimburses hospitals and physicians for medical care provided…
Women less likely to receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
CHICAGO—Among Medicare patients, men are about 2-3 times more likely than women to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the prevention…
Medicaid patients have greater advanced cancer rates
CHICAGO—Individuals with advanced-stage laryngeal cancer at diagnosis were more likely to be uninsured or covered by Medicaid than to have…
Medicare part d plans cover most common medications
CHICAGO—An examination of Medicare Part D plans in California and Hawaii reveals wide variations in drug formularies, but indicates that…
Bariatric surgery appears to be safe for older medicare patients
CHICAGO—Complications after bariatric surgery appear similar between patients younger and older than age 60 and also between Medicare recipients…
Black patients less likely to receive coronary procedures following heart attack
CHICAGO—A large study has found that black medicare patients are less likely than white patients to receive blood vessel opening…