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Medicare Supplement Insurance in the News
Medicare Kicks Out Fox Insurance (Columbia Journalism Review)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took strong action the other day when it kicked Fox Insurance out of the Medicare program. The small, New York-based insurer had carved out quite a business for itself selling stand-alone prescription drug benefits to some 124,000 seniors.
Fox Kicked Out of Medicare Drug Program; Seniors with Fox Need to Choose New Plan (Senior Journal)
March 11, 2010 – Fox Insurance Company of New York this week became the first insurance company to be terminated from the Medicare prescription drug program (Part D). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said the company was “not meeting Medicare’s requirements to provide enrollees with prescription drugs according to recognized standards of care,” and this “jeopardized the health ...
Mark Miller: Feds' Decision to Boot Medicare Drug Plan, A Good Start (The Huffington Post)
The Federal government ejected a big insurance company from the Medicare prescription drug program today--an unprecedented move and a shot in the arm for health care reform advocates.
Senate Poised To Pass COBRA Subsidy Extension, Medicare 'Doc Fix' (Medical News Today)
The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a jobs bill that would extend the COBRA subsidy program and Medicaid funding for states and prevent a Medicare reimbursement cut for doctors. The Associated Press: The bill "extends health insurance subsidies for the unemployed through December. It would add $132 billion to the budget deficit over the next year and a half. ... In states with the highest ...
Medicare cuts ties with drug plan that left patients in the lurch (California Watch)
Christina Jewett Medicare officials announced this week that they are tearing up their contract with a New York-based company – with 4,100 California clients – that delayed or denied patients access to medications they needed. Fox Insurance Co. let down its 123,000 enrollees by putting obstacles between patients and costly but life-sustaining medications for cancer and HIV, according to a ...
Fox Systems Offers Clarification of Relationship with Fox Insurance Company (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MCLEAN, Va.----Fox Systems today issued a statement that it is not related to Fox Insurance Company. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that effective March 9, 2010, it terminated a contract with Fox Insurance Company, which provided services under the Medicare Part D program in 21 states.
Obama touts plan to cut waste in Medicare, Medicaid (Los Angeles Times)
Pitching his healthcare reform legislation in suburban Missouri, the president announces a broadened initiative to block fraud in government health programs. Promoting a new initiative to reduce waste in Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs, President Obama traveled to suburban St. Louis on Wednesday to keep up momentum behind his push to complete work on a health overhaul this month.
Physician's Perspective: Bundling Medicare Payments Could Cut Costs, Without Reducing Quality (Medical News Today)
The Washington Post has a section today titled "Scenes from the 21st century doctor's office." One feature, written by Manoj Jain, an infectious-disease specialist in Memphis, advocates for a new system of "bundled" Medicare payments to doctors. He notes that currently, "patients, insurance companies and Medicare pay separately for each procedure in the predominant 'fee-for-service' model. It's ...
Medicare terminates contract with Fox (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)
HONOLULU (AP) — Medicare has terminated its contract with Fox Insurance Co.'s drug plan. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Tuesday that it determined the plan's deficiencies jeopardized the health and safety of Fox enrollees, including 3,000 in Hawaii.
Lawmakers Approve Insurance Liens for W.Va. Cities (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
Lawmakers have signed off on allowing West Virginia's cities and towns to tap insurance proceeds when clearing away buildings destroyed by fire.
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