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  2. Medicare fraud - Wikipedia

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    Jimmy Carter signs Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments into law. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as mandated by Public Law 95-452 (as amended), is established to protect the integrity of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, to include Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the health and welfare of the ...

  3. 'Rampant abuse of the system': Insurers made patients ... - AOL

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    For example, Cigna Group agreed to pay $172 million last year to settle a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department over its Medicare Advantage practices for allegedly using in-home health risk ...

  4. Rampant confusion about Medicare is bad for your health and ...

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    For example, in a MedicareAdvantage.com survey of 2,013 people aged 65 to 99, 65% of Medicare beneficiaries said the government’s health insurance program was confusing and difficult to ...

  5. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Wikipedia

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    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.

  6. List of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States

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    Jalisco had a non-licensed technician perform the pasteurization, [22] though pasteurized milk might have been diluted with non-pasteurized milk by the technician. [23] On July 15, 1989, Alta Dena was absolved of any blame. [24] As there was Salmonella typhimurium in milk from the Hillfarm Dairy in Melrose Park, Illinois, a salmonellosis ...

  7. Medicare on drugs: 24,000 tests for 145 patients - AOL

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    By M.B. Pell and Sharon Begley (Reuters) - Three Connecticut doctors billed Medicare for nearly 24,000 drug tests in 2012 - on just 145 patients. Despite the extraordinary number, Medicare ...

  8. Social Security Amendments of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    The Social Security Amendments of 1965, Pub. L. 89–97, 79 Stat. 286, enacted July 30, 1965, was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elderly (over 65) and for financially challenged families.

  9. Clueless About How Medicare Works? 3 Things All Retirees ...

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    This year, the inpatient hospital deductible for Medicare Part A is $1,632. And that only covers your first 60 days. Meanwhile, Medicare Part B currently charges a standard monthly premium of $174.70.