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Medicare HMO Costs May Prevent Cancer Patients From Enrolling In Clinical Trials, UPCI Study Finds  Newly diagnosed cancer patients who are enrolled in Medicare's Health Maintenance Organization HMO plans may be unlikely to participate in clinical trials because of prohibitive costs, according to a study by the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute UPCI.

Medicare HMO costs may prevent cancer patient clinical trial participation   University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences According to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, newly diagnosed cancer patients age 65 and older who are enrolled in Medicare's Health Maintenance Organization plans may be unlikely to participate in clinical trials because the plan requires patients to pay both a deductible and 20 percent of the treatment cost. ...

Probe: Medicare paid billions in suspect claims   The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient's condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional investigators say.

Report: Medicare spending billions on suspicious claims  Medicare pays millions each year for medical supplies such as walkers and glucose test strips for patients who don't appear to need them, congressional investigators say in a report out today.

Medicare criticized for equipment pay-outs   WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 UPI -- Medicare is paying out millions of dollars each year on medical equipment for U.S. patients whose diagnoses don't call for it, investigators say.

Shoes for amputees? Medicare waste revealed  The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient's condition.

Two admit roles in Medicare fraud scheme in area  The owners of a Newark-based medical services company on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a Medicare fraud scheme that, in part, used residents of apartments in Neptune and Red Bank to scam the federal government out of more than $100,000.

Mercy plans around Medicare cut  Beginning Oct. 1, Medicare and Medicaid will no longer pay for medical care if patients get an infection while they're being treated at a hospital.

Probe: Medicare paid billions in suspect claims  The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient's condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional...

Medicare spending criticized  TODAY IN BUSINESS Medicare spending criticizedWASHINGTON �� The government paid more than $1 billion in questionable Medicare claims for medical supplies that showed little relation to a patient's condition, including blood glucose strips for sexual impotence and special diabetic shoes for leg amputees, congressional investigators say. Billions more in taxpayer dollars may have been wasted over ...

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