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With growing concerns about the ever-increasing federal deficit, plans to slow Medicare spending are proliferating. That could mean potential conflicts between seniors’ advocates and the budget cutters. “No one wants to have to increase the cost of health care to Medicare beneficiaries,” says Alan Weinstock, an insurance broker at MedicareSupplementPlans.com, “however, the federal budget deficit […]

Did you know that three times a year, 29 doctors gather around a table in a hotel meeting room to divide up billions of Medicare dollars? “It seems odd,” comments Alan Weinstock, insurance broker at MedicareSupplementPlans.com, “considering this group has no official government standing.” However, the group is known as the Relative Value Scale Update […]

According to reports, the Small Business Lending Act signed into law this past June includes an anti-fraud provision that will require Medicare to do more to prevent fraud. “Medicare fraud has been a problem for far too long,” notes Alan Weinstock, insurance broker at MedicareSupplementPlans.com. “CMS uses an outdated billing system which I understand actually […]

Beginning January 1, 2011, home health and hospice patients will need to follow a new federal regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which says they must have a face-to-face meeting with a physician or nurse practitioner to receive services under Medicare. “There are valid reasons for the implementation of this […]

In 2005 The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a pilot project geared to measure the success of group physician practices. Five years later the results are mixed, as practices have increased quality but have failed to reduce costs as much as predicted. “If health care reform is to be successful,” notes Alan […]