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Medicare data breach may have compromised personal information of 100,000 Americans
The personal information of Medicare recipients was used to create unauthorized accounts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
100,000 Americans to get new Medicare numbers after data incident
Officials said they had "identified suspicious activity related to unauthorized creation of certain beneficiary online ...
20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to ...
Feds arrest scores in $14 billion Medicare/Medicaid fraud. South Florida high on list
Justice Department officials said 96 doctors, nurses and pharmacists were among those arrested across all 50 states.
Over 100k Medicare Accounts Breached in Latest Hack: Was Yours One?
Letters are going out to 103,000 Medicare beneficiaries who may have been impacted. Here's how to protect your identity and ...
Colorado sues federal health agency to stop sharing of Medicaid data with ICE
The lawsuit argues that federal law only allows states and the federal government to share Medicaid enrollees’ personal data ...
More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. Here’s What to Know About the Program
More than 70 million Americans are enrolled in the program, which could be facing its biggest overhaul in decades.
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New CMMI model injects 'enhanced technologies' in Medicare prior authorization to limit fraud
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out an Innovation Center model Friday to test new prior ...
Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Short-Term Fix to a Long-Term Problem
Medicaid work requirements are a short-term fix. A more effective reform is to let the market curb waste and reward ...
Study: Medicaid, Medicare don't adequately cover addiction treatment
Opioid addicts covered by Medicare and Medicaid are less likely to receive the mental health and substance use treatment that ...
These 6 Colorado hospitals could be in danger of closing if proposed Medicaid cuts pass
Six rural Colorado hospitals are at risk of service reductions, changes, or closure due to proposed health care funding cuts ...
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CMS to add prior authorization for traditional Medicare services
CMS has unveiled the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a new Innovation Center initiative that will add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services.