The question of Medicare coverage for off-label prescriptions, something that has already been decided in the territory covered by the U.S. District Court of the Southern District, has now moved to the Western District, where two new cases raise the ...

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WASHINGTON — In uncommon bipartisan harmony, the House approved a $214 billion bill Thursday permanently blocking physician Medicare cuts, moving Congress closer to resolving a problem that has plagued it for years. The 392-37 House vote came on a package ...

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he’s ready to sign “good, bipartisan” legislation protecting physicians from steep cuts in Medicare reimbursements as Senate Democrats seemed to soften their opposition to the package. Obama’s remark, made a day before the ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Medicare can no longer automatically deny coverage requests for sex reassignment surgeries, a federal board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures are medically necessary for people who don’t identify with their biological sex. ...

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Supporters of Medicare marked its 47th anniversary Monday, wondering how much longer it might be around. About 50 people demonstrated in front of the Monroe County Office Building beginning at noon. Most were with one of three groups: Metro Justice, ...

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Proposed rules on how future medical bills in personal injury settlements should be handled to protect the interests of Medicare have been released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. New reporting requirements have ushered in a regime in ...

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WASHINGTON — Medicare’s payment system, the unseen but vital network that handles 100 million monthly claims, could freeze up if President Barack Obama’s health care law is summarily overturned, the administration has quietly informed the courts. Although Obama’s overhaul made ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Launched last summer, a $77 million computer system to stop Medicare fraud before it happens had prevented just one suspicious payment by Christmas. That saved taxpayers exactly $7,591. Hoping for much better results, a disappointed Sen. Tom ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Medical Insurance Medicare – “Incurred” Metz v. United States Life Insurance Company 10-4305-cv Judges Walker, Straub and Livingston Background: The appellant had sued the defendant for failing to pay insurance benefits to ...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made some changes to help lawyers settle personal injury cases and address “secondary payer” reimbursement to Medicare. As of Oct. 1, liability insurers are obligated to collect data on personal injury settlements ...

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A looming deadline that will require reporting of personal injury settlements to Medicare has united trial lawyers who are normally adversaries in personal injury cases. Under rules designed to protect Medicare’s lien on medical bills ...

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Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport is warning constituents about a scam meant to trick them into passing along credit and debit card information and Social Security numbers. The callers falsely claim that the information is necessary in order to receive their Social Security and Medicare benefits.

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