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How the ACA Helps Medicare’s Disabled Beneficiaries

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013Ed MacConnell

The Affordable Care Act, which was passed in 2010 and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, includes numerous provisions that impact people with disabilities through expansions of Medicaid, private health insurance reforms, new care coordination programs and efforts to transition elderly and disabled populations from institutional to home and community settings. The ACA: Click here for the story on Medicare News Group

Medicare: What Will Happen to Doctors’ Fees and Income Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

July 17, 2013February 6, 2022Ed MacConnell

Q:What Will Happen to Doctors’ Fees and Income Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? A: Business income has increased for doctors because many people on Medicare are now using free screenings and an annual “wellness visit” provided through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Through Oct. 6, 2011, the government said, 20.5 million people enrolled in Medicare had received the free screenings or the annual visit, which is also free. Medicare is now offering a 10 percent bonus payment on the fees charged for primary care services, and a 10 percent bonus payment to surgeons who work in areas where there are shortages of doctors. For 2013 and 2014, Medicaid payments… Read More

Is There a List of Providers Who Have Been Excluded From Medicare Because of Fraud?

May 22, 2013February 6, 2022Ed MacConnell

Yes. The Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of the Inspector General excluded a total of 3,131 individuals and entities from participation in federal health care programs in 2012. Click here to read the story.

89 charged in Medicare fraud busts in 8 cities

May 20, 2013February 6, 2022Ed MacConnell

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday. Click here for the story.

CBO: Obama budget would cut $364 billion in Medicare spending

May 20, 2013May 27, 2013Ed MacConnell

President Obama’s budget proposal would save the Medicare program $364 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO largely concurred with the White House’s estimates, which pegged the budget’s Medicare savings at $370 billion. Read the rest of the story here. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicare/300497-cbo-obama-budget-would-cut-364-billion-in-medicare-spending#ixzz2Tq8qATza Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook

Ed MacConnell & Terry Farber Esq. to speak at Arden Courts of Warminster

May 4, 2013February 6, 2022Ed MacConnell

Questions about Medicare, Medicaid, Long Term Care and Elder Law Planning? Join us for a Q+A session with Edward T. MacConnell CBC, CHRS and Elder Law Attorney Terry Farber on May 16th 2013 at Noon. Location: Arden Courts at Warminster, 779 W County Line Road, Hatboro PA 19040 Call to reserve your seat: Sarah Gawlinski-Greenstein, (215)957-5182 . The presentation starts at 12 Noon.

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How the ACA Helps Medicare’s Disabled Beneficiaries

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