CMS Headlines

• Medicare Expands Efforts To Fight Fraud
  
• Nursing Homes Required To Vaccinate Residents Against The Flu
  
• Quarterly Provider Update - October 2005 Issue
  
• Many Ways To Get Help With Enrolling In Medicare Drug Coverage
  
• Cms Administrator Testifies About Value-based Purchasing For Physicians
  
• Leslie Norwalk, Deputy Administrator, Testifies About The Costs Of The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
  
• Administrator Speakes On Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance
  
• Electronic Health Record Software Delivered To Physician Offices
  
• Medicare Premiums And Deductibles For 2006
  
• Disaster Relief For Hurricane Katrina Evacuees In Texas
  
• Prescription Drug Plans In Pacific Territories
  
• Emergency Steps Being Taken To Ease Health Care Access To Katrina Evacuees
  
• Medicare Drug Plans To Offer Premiums Of $20 Or Less, Lower Deductibles, Broader Coverage Available
  
• Updated Regulations For Power Wheelchair And Power Operated Vehicle Claims Issued
  
• New Grants Will Help Families In 19 States Find Needed Long Term Care Services
  
• Marketing Rules For All Plans Offering Medicare Drug Coverage Issued
  
• Medicare Drug Premiums Will Be Lower Than Expected
  
• Contingency For Non-compliant Medicare Electronic Claims To End
  
• Roadmap To Quality: The Right Care For Every Person Every Time
  
• Medicare Proposes Payment Rates And Policy Changes For Hospital Outpatient Services
  
• Chief Financial Officer Testifies on Medicare & Medicaid Improper Payments
  
• New Web Service Helps Medicare Beneficiaries With Limited Means
  
• A 2.5 Percent Increase In Medicare Home Health Payment Rates Proposed
  
• Medicare Beneficiaries To Have More Health Plan Choices And Greater Savings With Medicare Advantage Plans
  
• Interim Final Rule Offers Physicians An Option To Acquire Drugs From Vendors Selected In A Competitive Bidding Process
  
• Medicare Demonstration For Day Care Services Announced
  
• Expanded Criteria Reaffirmed For Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
  
• President Bush And Secretary Leavitt Kick-off The Medicare Covers America Tour (webcast)
  
• Moratorium On New Specialty Hospitals Expires
  
• Tax Exemption For Hospitals And Federal Payment For Uncompensated Care
  
• Oversight And Investigations On Community Health Centers
  
• Proposed Rule To Improve Hospice Care
  
• Letter To State Medicaid Directors Regarding Impotency Drugs For Sexual Offenders
  
• Prescription Drug Purchasing Simplified Through New Technologies