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Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plan Ranks Number 1 on 'America's Best Health Insurance Plans'
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente has the top-ranked Medicare health plan in the nation, according to a joint ranking by U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The December 2009 issue, "Americ...

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More Idaho Docs Expected To Leave Medicare With 22% Pay Cut Looming
Without Passage of 'Doc Fix' Bill Many of Idaho's 213,000 Medicare Beneficiaries Could Lose Access to Their Doctors BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of thousands of older Idahoans on Medicare are keeping their eyes and hopes on Washington, D.C....

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RetireSafe Calls on Seniors to Grab their Bullhorns to Save Medicare from Rationed Care
Says cutting Medicare to finance "reform" is a moral outrage WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While the Senate Democrats moved forward to begin the debate on their health care "reform" bill this weekend, RetireSafe, a 400,000 su...

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Citrus Health Care Approved to Enroll New Members
TAMPA, Fla. - Citrus Health Care, Inc. announces that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has fully approved new membership enrollment to begin during the Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) with an effective date of January 1, 2010. “The employees at Citrus Health Car

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Sun Knowledge, Ltd. Offers In-House Medication Therapy Management Services for Medicare Part D Providers
NEW YORK - Sun Knowledge, Ltd., a leading India-based Medicare Part D provider of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) services is pleased to announce the successful implementation of their Medication Therapy Management (MTM) platform for Fox Insurance Company. “I

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Universal Health Care Will Continue to Cover Annual Mammogram Screenings
Universal Health Care Group will continue to cover annual mammograms for its Medicare and Medicaid members.

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Security Health Plan of Wisconsin Ranked among Nation’s Best Health Plans
MARSHFIELD, Wis. - Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., is one of the nation’s top 20 Medicare plans, and offers the 37th best commercial health plan, according to U.S. News & World Report/NCQA America’s Best Health Insurance Plans1 2009-10.

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Medicare Extends Personal Health Record Pilot
Medicare PHR Choice offered to Arizona and Utah beneficiaries through 2010./I/P PPhoenix, AZ (PRWEB) November 19, 2009 -- Medicare PHR Choice, a pilot program that provides beneficiaries with direct input of claims data into online personal health records (PHRs), will continue through D...

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American Association for Homecare Endorses New U.S. Senate Bill, the 'Prevent Health Care Fraud Act of 2009'
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association for Homecare endorses the new "Prevent Health Care Fraud Act of 2009," S. 2128, which is designed to substantially improve tools and resources available to prevent fraud in Medicare. The bill was intro...

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Fox Insurance Announces Marketing Partnership with Ritter Insurance Marketing
NEW YORK - Fox Insurance Company, a leading Medicare Part D sponsor, with offices in New York, NY, announces today that Harrisburg, PA-based Ritter Insurance Marketing has been named a marketing partner for the company’s two Medicare Part D plans for 2010. &ldquo

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Alzheimer's Foundation of America Applauds Inclusion of Cognitive Impairment Detection in Healthcare Reform
Eric J. Hall, president and chief executive officer of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) issued the following statement regarding the inclusion of cognitive impairment detection as part of the new annual wellness for Medicare beneficiaries in "The Patient Protection and Afforda...

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Overview of White Collar Crimes in California
California authorities have focused recently on prosecuting several types of fraud, including mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, workers' compensation fraud, and Medicare fraud.

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Universal Health Care Will Cover H1N1 Vaccine for All Members
Universal Health Care, a Medicare Advantage organization, will cover both regular flu and H1N1 vaccines for all members.

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BenefitPackages.com Reveals the Truth About No or Low Cost Medicare Supplement Plan Options Including Anthem Blue Cross Freedom Blue Regional PPO
BenefitPackages.com, California's designated Premier Partner for Anthem Blue Cross, is working to raise awareness during the November 15 - December 31 Annual Enrollment Period for seniors that allows them to enroll in a zero-cost PPO Medicare Advantage plan. Freedom Blue PPO plans from Anthem...

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Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on legislation that would permanently reform the broken Medicare physician payment system. The Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, which passed by a vote of 243 to 183, r...

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