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Medicare Doctor Reimbursement Battle Heats Up in Earnest

Among the many embattled parts of Medicare's reimbursement system, doctor payments have been perhaps the most contentious. Once again, the battle's heating up.

Medicare and the Fiscal Cliff: Trudy Lieberman's Tips For Your Coverage

As Congress considers Medicare cuts during fiscal cliff negotiations, we review Trudy Lieberman's great tips for covering Medicare in your community.

Moving toward walkable neighborhoods for older adults

Taunya English explains how your neighborhood and the place that you live can make a difference on your health.

Medicare Case a Win For Patients With Chronic, Debilitating Conditions And Disabilities

Patients on Medicare with chronic conditions and disabilities will no longer have to show improvement to get the services they need, thanks to a proposed settlement in a groundbreaking class action lawsuit.

Drug Plan Decisions: When Too Much Choice is a Bad Thing

Sometimes having too many choices leads to bad decision-making. As political candidates and policymakers toy with the idea of "consumer-driven" health care, it's worthwhile to look at a body of research in behavioral economics. Multiple choices may lead to confusion and poor choices....

Medicare’s Future: Questions That Fall Through the Cracks

Sifting through the two major competing proposals for Medicare reform, one key question emerges: What will they really cost taxpayers and beneficiaries?...

Unmentionables at Health 2.0: Is Your Bank Balance Making You Sick?

What are the "unmentionables" in healthcare and technology? A public health doctor weighs in from this week's Health 2.0 conference.

Understanding Medicare: Tackling End-of-Life Costs

For most politicians dealing with Medicare reform, end-of-life cost is one issue that dare not speak its name. Here's what you need to know about this "third-rail" topic.

Hospitals' Medicare readmisson rates aren't improving

On Oct. 1, Medicare will start penalizing hospitals that have excessive readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia. Yet despite several years of planning and effort, readmission rates remain stubbornly high. What's going on?

What Context Should Reporters Have in Order to Assess Competing Medicare Reform Proposals?

The Medicare NewsGroup asked its newly formed Medicare Leaders Advisory Board – a group of prominent former leaders of the federal program and political veterans – this question: “What context should journalists have in order to evaluate competing Medicare reform proposals?”...

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