October 16, 20180Comments

Medicare Advantage Riding High As New Insurers Flock To Sell To Seniors

Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Health care experts widely expected the Affordable Care Act to hobble Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that millions of seniors have chosen as an

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November 22, 20150Comments

Medicare Spending on Hepatitis C Drugs To Surpass $9B This Year

California Healthline, Monday, November 16, 2015 Medicare spending on breakthrough hepatitis C treatments will increase by nearly twofold this year, surpassing $9 billion, according to data from Medicare's Office of the

September 18, 20150Comments

Orange County Seniors Opting Out of State’s Duals Demonstration Project

by David Gorn, California Healthline Sacramento Bureau, California Healthline, Thursday, September 17, 2015 The duals experience was supposed to be different in Orange County. Orange County was the last of seven counties

June 26, 20150Comments

DOJ Charges Hundreds for Medicare Fraud Totaling $712M

California Healthline, Friday, June 19, 2015 Nearly 250 people, including 46 providers, were charged with falsely billing Medicare a total of nearly $712 million, federal officials announced Thursday, the Wall Street

August 20, 20140Comments

Medicare Fraud Affects Us All

It’s nothing new to see doctors and pharmacies cook up elaborate schemes to commit Medicare, Medicaid and ADAP fraud. These unscrupulous, illegal behaviors ultimately affect us all by causing increased healthcare

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