1. PRESENTATIONS UPDATE ON JIMMO: THE IMPROVEMENT STANDARD CASE In January 2011, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Vermont Legal Aid filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Vermont challenging Medicare’s “Improvement … [Read more...] about December 2012 – Update on Jimmo: the Improvement Standard Case
Alliance Issue Brief
October 2012 – Updates on Medicare Appeals and Complaints
National Medicare Advocates Alliance Issue brief #18 1. PRESENTATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS: LITTLE SUCCESS, LONG DELAYS Based upon the Center’s extensive experience with the Medicare administrative appeals … [Read more...] about October 2012 – Updates on Medicare Appeals and Complaints
August, 2012 – Medicare and Affordable Care Act messaging: Fighting Fiction with Facts
1. MEDICARE AND ACA MESSAGING: FIGHTING FICTION WITH FACT As pundits and politicians continue to discuss the deficit, misinformation and confusion about Medicare abound. Fiction seems to flourish more than fact. Particularly since the … [Read more...] about August, 2012 – Medicare and Affordable Care Act messaging: Fighting Fiction with Facts
June 11, 2012 – Hospitalization and Rehospitalization of Nursing Home Residents
HOSPITALIZATION AND REHOSPITALIZATION OF NURSING HOME RESIDENTS 1. Concerns about hospitalization and rehospitalization of nursing home residents • Effects on patients … [Read more...] about June 11, 2012 – Hospitalization and Rehospitalization of Nursing Home Residents
February 13, 2012 – Extender Bill, Therapy Caps and Health Reform Challenges
National Medicare Advocates Alliance ISSUE BRIEF #15 … [Read more...] about February 13, 2012 – Extender Bill, Therapy Caps and Health Reform Challenges
December 12, 2011 – Updates for Medicare in 2012
I. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Failure of the Super-Committee On November 21, 2011, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction ("Super-Committee") announced that they had failed to put together a legislative package to cut the … [Read more...] about December 12, 2011 – Updates for Medicare in 2012
October 17, 2011 – Medicare and the Debt/Deficit Debate: The Latest on the Supercommittee, the President’s Recommendations and More
I. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction ("Supercommittee") The Budget Control Act of 2011 created this committee and tasked … [Read more...] about October 17, 2011 – Medicare and the Debt/Deficit Debate: The Latest on the Supercommittee, the President’s Recommendations and More