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By and large, seniors at Newburgh Senior Center say they are happy with the government-run Medicare program. But some are petrified of any reform President Barack Obama and Congress might make and fear they might lose some of their benefits.The seniors at the center discussed health care just days before the U.S. House passed a health care bill on Nov. 7.Pamela Hijuelos, manager at the center ...
LOCKPORT -- Rep. Chris Lee and Republican state legislators charged at a news conference here Friday that the health care bill passed by the House last Saturday will worsen the state's budget crisis by expanding Medicaid eligibility.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading: Aetna rose $.12 or .4 percent, to $29.43. CIGNA rose $.37 or 1.2 percent, to $30.59. Coventry Healthcare rose $.26 or 1.1 percent, to $22.97. Humana rose $.30 or .7 percent, to $41.10. UnitedHealth rose $.32 or 1.1 percent, to $29.08. WellPoint fell $.09 or .2 percent, to $52.41.
More than a million low-income Massachusetts residents covered by Medicaid would be required to pay more for visits to certain doctors and receive prior approval for some expensive psychiatric medications under a plan announced yesterday by the Patrick administration to narrow a $307 million shortfall in the state’s MassHealth program.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are up at noon: Aetna rose $.29 or 1.0 percent, to $29.61. CIGNA rose $.47 or 1.6 percent, to $30.69. Coventry Healthcare rose $.29 or 1.3 percent, to $23.00. Humana rose $.50 or 1.2 percent, to $41.30. UnitedHealth rose $.42 or 1.5 percent, to $29.18. WellPoint rose $.09 or .2 percent, to $52.59.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Aetna rose $.12 or .4 percent, to $29.43. CIGNA rose $.07 or .2 percent, to $30.29. Coventry Healthcare rose $.08 or .4 percent, to $22.79. Humana rose $.45 or 1.1 percent, to $41.25. UnitedHealth rose $.28 or 1.0 percent, to $29.04. WellPoint fell $.28 or .5 percent, to $52.22.
The mastermind behind a Long Island Medicaid fraud scheme that robbed the state of more than $1 million will serve 3 to 9 years for his crime, a Nassau judge ruled Friday.
My experience as a physician has reinforced a known truth - All health insurance is not created equal. Medicaid is an example.
The owner of Advance Home Health in Brooklyn Park and two of the company's personal-care assistants have been charged with stealing more than $89,000 from Medicaid.
The former owner of a defunct Long Island medical supply company has been sentenced to 3-9 years in prison after pleading guilty to grand larceny in a Medicaid fraud case. Prosecutors say David Williams and his wife stole more than $1 million from Medicaid. They say the suspects billed Medicaid for medical equipment that was never delivered to physicians.
DENVER, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente Colorado is the No. 1 Medicare plan and No. 13 commercial health insurance plan in the nation according to a joint ranking by U.S.
Vials of five different Genzyme drugs for rare diseases may be contaminated with tiny particles of steel, rubber or fiber that could potentially harm patients, the Food and Drug Administration warned Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration said it would instead conduct a study of whether the oysters should be processed to kill deadly bacteria rather then be sold raw.
Mississippi Medicaid officials should have asked the Legislature for approval before tinkering with a law that would change reimbursements for pharmacists, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury.
LANSDALE — Jan. 1, 2010, won’t be a good day for more than 10,000 seniors in Montgomery County.
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