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MDS information is transmitted electronically by nursing homes to the MDS database in their respective states. MDS information from the state databases is captured into the national MDS database at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Sections of MDS (Minimum Data Set): Identification Information; Hearing, Speech and Vision
When you purchase a Medicare supplement (Medigap) insurance plan during your 6-month open enrollment, you can change it. If you do, you are given a free look period.
The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of community hospitals, established nondiscrimination requirements for institutions that received such federal assistance—including the requirement that a "reasonable volume" of free emergency care be provided for community members who could not pay—for a period for 20 years after the hospital's construction.
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) is a United States liberal advocacy group whose goal is to protect Social Security and Medicare. NCPSSM works to preserve entitlement programs through direct mail campaigns, candidate endorsements, incumbent ratings, grassroots activity, issue advertising, and campaign ...
Medicare recipients can now get up to eight free COVID-19 tests per month from participating pharmacies and healthcare providers, the Biden administration announced on Monday. See: You May Be ...
The year 2023 brings changes to the rules, limits and options on all kinds of federal programs and Medicare is no exception. Roughly 65 million senior citizens who rely on Medicare for health ...
In 1972 the United States Congress passed legislation authorizing the End Stage Renal Disease Program (ESRD) under Medicare. Section 299I of Public Law 92-603, passed on October 30, 1972, extended Medicare coverage to Americans if they had stage five chronic kidney disease (CKD) and were otherwise qualified under Medicare's work history ...
An alleged modern California Bonnie and Clyde duo have been charged with committing a string of armed robberies --before pausing their crime spree to get hitched in Las Vegas, authorities said.