Category Archives: Medicare
Disability Advocates, Nursing Home Industry Battle for Health Care Dollars for the Aging and Disabled
There is an important, ongoing battle for funding between those who care for the elderly and disabled and federal and state governments. The governments — especially the states — are trying to save money any way they can. The advocates … Continue reading
Owner of Terrell Hospital Charged with Fraud
It’s bad enough that we have doctors and hospitals committing Medicare and Medicaid fraud, but we also apparently have doctors and hospitals committing deadly medical malpractice at the same time. These excerpts from an article in the Dallas Morning News … Continue reading
AARP: Chained CPI is a Significant Benefit Cut
This new release is from AARP: AARP filed a statement for the record with the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security for the hearing about the chained CPI. In its testimony, AARP outlined reasons for its … Continue reading
Scooter Store Files For Bankruptcy After Overbilling Medicare At Least $47 Million
Well, I just wrote yesterday about the TV ads that might convince people to let the government pay for a motorized wheelchair even if the applicant doesn’t really need one, and here comes an article about one of the biggest … Continue reading
Have Seniors Been “Brainwashed” by Scooter Ads?
Motorized scooters are great. My father used one for a year or so before he passed away at age 90. But I’ve always gotten just a bit uncomfortable watching the TV ads for them. The ads make it sound as … Continue reading
Medicaid Coverage of Medicare Beneficiaries (Dual Eligibles) at a Glance
Do you have questions about someone who is covered by both Medicare and Medicaid. The DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has the answers for you — if you can decipher the technical language. Here … Continue reading
Uninsured Americans Get Hit With Biggest Hospital Bills
We see this problem almost every day in the personal injury and Social Security disability sections of our law firm, but it has repercussions in elder law also. The bottom line is that hospitals, in order to recoup profits lost … Continue reading
Settlement Eases Rules for Some Medicare Patients
“Tens of thousands of people with chronic conditions and disabilities may find it easier to qualify for Medicare coverage of potentially costly home health care, skilled nursing home stays and outpatient therapy under policy changes planned by the Obama administration.” That was … Continue reading
Nursing Home Expenses Can Devastate Personal Finances
Most families are shocked when they first learn the cost of placing a family member in a skilled nursing facility, and doubly shocked when they learn that Medicare does not currently cover these costs. The excellent columnist for the Dallas … Continue reading
Watchdog Report Says Medicare Paid $5.1 Billion to Nursing Homes Offering Poor Care
Wow, here’s a big waste of federal money — “Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found.” That was the opening of an … Continue reading