Tag: Medicare

La cirugía fue bien. Los doctores que la atendían se fueron. Cuatro horas después, Paulina Tam comenzó a jadear por falta de aire. Una hemorragia interna le estaba bloqueando la tráquea: era de las posibles complicaciones tras la cirugía de columna vertebral a la que había sido sometida. Pero un informe de Medicare en el […]

When President Mr . trump signed the last-minute budget deal into law earlier this month, the news coverage emphasized how the bill boosted military funding, provided many billions in disaster aid and raised your debt ceiling. But buried deep in the 652-page legislation was a repeal of the limit on Medicare coverage of physical and […]

Physical therapy helps Leon Beers, 73, get out of bed in the morning and move his home using his walker. Other treatment strengthens his throat muscles in order to communicate and swallow food, said his sister Karen Morse. But in mid-January, his home healthcare agency told Morse it could no longer provide these services while […]

En abril, el gobierno comenzará a enviar nuevas tarjetas de Medicare, iniciando un esfuerzo masivo que durará un a~no para modificar la identificación de 59 millones de personas inscritas en el programa federal de seguro médico. Históricamente, las tarjetas de identificación de Medicare contenían los números de seguro social de los miembros, que hoy en […]

In April, the government will start sending out new Medicare cards, launching an enormous, yearlong effort to alter how 59 million people signed up for the government health insurance program are identified. Historically, Medicare ID cards happen to be stamped with the Social Security numbers of members – currently, about 50 million seniors and 9 […]

Saturdays at Mercy Medical Center was once perversely lucrative. The dialysis clinic next door was closed on weekends. That meant the downtown Baltimore hospital would see patients with failing kidneys who should have attended the dialysis center. So Mercy admitted them, collecting around $30,000 for treatment that typically costs hundreds of dollars. “That's the way […]

For years, confusion has surrounded the conditions under which seniors can receive physical, occupational and speech therapy included in Medicare. Services have been terminated for some seniors, for example those with severe installments of multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, because therapists said they weren't making sufficient progress. Others, including individuals dealing with strokes or traumatic […]

Acondicionadores de aire para personas con asma, alimentos saludables, traslados a citas médicas y comidas a domicilio pueden estar entre los nuevos beneficios que se agregarán a la cobertura de Medicare Advantage cuando entren en vigencia nuevas reglas federales el próximo a~no. El lunes 2 de abril, los Centros para Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid […]

Air conditioners for people with asthma, healthy groceries, rides to medical appointments and home-delivered meals might be one of the new benefits added to Medicare Advantage coverage when new federal rules take effect next year. On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the way it defines the “primarily health-related” benefits that […]

The woman arrived at the emergency department gasping for air, her severe emphysema causing such shortness of breath that the physician who examined her put her on a ventilator immediately to help her breathe. The patient lived across the street in the emergency department in suburban Denver, said Dr. David Friedenson, who looked after her […]