HOT TOPICS

• Interactive Webinar - Health Care Reform and Medicare for People in the Community.  September 2, 2010 at 3:00-4:00 pm EST.  No other organization will match our depth of information, insider knowledge, and practical tips.  Register now!

• Medicare's 45th Anniversary: Promise Kept and Promises to Keep

• "Medicare Fraud Effort Leaves Elderly Surprise Hospital Bills" July 12, 2010 Bloomberg News article by Drew Armstrong, based on Center for Medicare Advocacy's efforts, features Center attorney Toby S. Edelman with one of our clients.

• Have you been denied Medicare coverage because you were not "improving?"  We need your story for our Medicare "Improvement Standard" Advocacy & Education Initiative.

• (.pdf) "How the 'Improvement Standard' Improperly Denies Coverage to Medicare Patients with Chronic Conditions," Clearinghouse Review, Vol. 43, No. 9-10, Jan-Feb. 2010.  Article by attorneys Gill Deford, Judith Stein and Margaret Murphy.

• The Center for Medicare Advocacy is delighted to announce the addition of attorney David Lipshutz to our Connecticut office.

Health Reform

• Health Information Technology: A New Commitment to Meaningful Use

• Health Reform: Linking Medicare Payment to Quality Outcomes

• Health Reform: the Nursing Home Provisions

• Health Reform in Action - Donut Hole Rebate Checks Start Arriving June 10, 2010

• Health Reform Mandates Changes for Medigap Policies

• New GAO Report Demonstrates Need for Stronger Enforcement of Nursing Home Quality Standards: Health Reform Provisions Could Help

• Health Care Reform Brings State High Risk Health Insurance Pools

• A New Entity from Health Reform: the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

• White House Health Care Reform Timeline

• Health Care Reform and Low Income Beneficiaries

• Health Care Reform is Law.  Download the full text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Note: file is a 900-page .pdf.  That's big, and will take some time to open.)

• Changes to Medicare Advantage Plans and Prescription Drug Plans Under Health Care Reform

• Health Reform Legislation is Now Law

• Flash: Health Care Reform News

• Why Health Care Reform is GOOD for Medicare Beneficiaries

• Medicare and Health Care Reform: News and Commentary

• Judith Stein and Senator Christopher J. Dodd OpEd: "The Wrong Way To Fix Medicare"

Medicare and Related Topics

• Medicare Advantage and Part D News - for 2011

• Recorded Web Seminar: Overcoming Barriers to Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care

• Medicare for People with Chronic Conditions

• The Medicare "Improvement Standard" is a Barrier to Necessary Care

• "Observation Services": What can Beneficiaries and Advocates Do?

• When is a Hospital Stay not a Hospital Stay?  When the Patient is on "Observation Status"

• Need a quick Fact about Medicare?  Check out our Statistics page