News For: Nevada Blue Cross medicare SupplementHospital, Anthem Still Doing Battle No Face-to-face Meeting Yet ELLSWORTH ��� With the contract between Maine Coast Memorial Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine set to expire in less than a week, both sides say they will continue to negotiate a new contract. 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. Universal Health Care Supporters Rally ELMIRA -- Advocates for universal health care are asking New York lawmakers in Washington, "Whose side are you on?" The group Citizen Action of New York held a rally in front of the Excellus Blue Cross-Blue Shield office in Elmira Wednesday. 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. ... Program Helps Topekans with Diabetes Make Healthy Choices Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas offered a program to help people with diabetes tonight. The What's Cookin' with Diabetes program is a partnership with the K-State extension office and Prime Therapeutics. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas adds long-term care Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is expanding its portfolio of insurance offerings to include LTC Blue, a long-term care product designed to help individuals protect their assets and secure their independence. 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. Four Illinois Companies Top AARP List for Best Employers for Workers 50+ Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Heads List for Illinois -- To be Honored at Awards Dinner in Chicago |


