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[Guidance Overview] CMS Summary of Proposed Mandatory Insurer Reporting Requirements

[Guidance Overview] CMS Taking Steps to Implement New Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements

The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap: Costs and Consequences in 2007

[Guidance Overview] CMS Posts Mandatory Reporting Guidance on Website

[Opinion] Maximum Coverage As Defined by Anthem Blue Cross

[Guidance Overview] New Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting Requirements

Medicare Secondary Payer � Coordination of Benefits (PDF)

Medicare Drug Plan Monthly Premiums Up About 12% for 2009

No Help Coming for Massachusetts City's Retiree Medicare Cost

Kucinich Introduces Legislation That Seeks To Lower Prescription Drug Costs by Replacing Medicare Part D

[Guidance Overview] Medicare Law Will Impact Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices Are Updated

Medicare Reform Law May Impact Retiree Medical Plans (PDF)

[Opinion] Make Original Medicare the Foundation for Health Care Reform

Legislation Would Require Greater Transparency in Physician Self-Referrals for Imaging Procedures

2009 Retiree Drug Subsidy Application Deadline Is Near

[Guidance Overview] CMS Posts Spanish-Language Versions of Model Disclosure Notices for Medicare Part D Eligible Individuals

[Guidance Overview] COBRA Was Required for Former Employee Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

[Guidance Overview] Medicare Reform Bill Passes Over President Bush's Veto

Medicare Part D a Boon for Drug Companies, House Report Says

General Motors Working with Firm to Help Retirees Transition to Medicare Coverage

[Guidance Overview] Updated Medicare Part D Notices (PDF)

Sen. Kennedy Wins Fight Against Creeping Privatization of Medicare

American Academy of Actuaries Posts an 'Election 2008' Section

McCain Says He Would Balance Budget by 2013

[Guidance Overview] CMS Issues Updated Disclosure Notices to Medicare Part D Eligible Individuals for Use After June 15, 2008

[Opinion] 5 Myths About the Bust That Will Follow the Boom(ers)

Segal Medicare Part D Survey of Multiemployer Health Funds (PDF)

More Than 500 Backlogged Whistle-Blower Cases Allege Health Care, Drug Company Fraud

[Opinion] The Battle to Save Medicare

[Opinion] Employers' Coalition on Medicare Writes to Express Concerns with Medicare Legislation Currently Under Development (PDF)

[Opinion] A Retirement Income Solution - Create a Senior Class of Worker

[Opinion] High Medicare Costs, Courtesy of Congress

Public and Private Health Insurance: Comparing the Costs

[Guidance Overview] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Issues Additional Guidance on Rebate Adjustments for the Retiree Drug Subsidy Program (PDF)

What the 2008 Trustees' Reports Tell Us About the Financial Status of Social Security and Medicare: Some Implications for Plan Sponsors

Cost Trends for Chronic-Condition Cohorts with Medicare Benefits (PDF)

The Nation's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Unsustainable, Government Report Says; Health Care Cost Growth and Demographic Trends Are Biggest Problems (PDF)

Federal Government's Long-Term Liabilities Total $57.3 Trillion

[Guidance Overview] CMS Final Medicare Part D Regulations Affect Retiree Drug Subsidy (PDF)

Long-Term Care Insurance: Partnership Plans and the Impact of Other Legislation

[Opinion] The Age of Tinkering with the Framework of Entitlements Has Begun

States Look to Rein In Private Medicare Plans

[Guidance Overview] CMS Issues Medicare Part D Benefit Parameters for 2009

[Guidance Overview] Side-by-Side Comparisons of Current and 'HIPAA 2' EDI Standards Posted on CMS Website

[Opinion] Social Security and Medicare Projections: 2008

Study Warns Job Losses Will Strain Government Health Programs

[Opinion] Providing Health Care for All Shouldn't Make Insurers Rich

SSA's Annual Statistical Supplement, 2007

Ultimatum to City of Duluth Retirees: Sign up for Medicare or Lose Coverage

'The American Prospect' Special Report Focuses on U.S. Health Care System

[Guidance Overview] CMS Releases 2009 Medicare Part D Benefit Parameters (PDF)

Medicare Part D Accounting Practice Note (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] CMS Announces Indexed Medicare Part D Amounts for 2009

CBO Chief Is Health Care Referee

Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy (PDF)

Assessing the Impact of Coverage Gaps in the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit (PDF)

[Guidance Overview] ERISA Plan's Prior Authorization and Plan Limits Requirements Preempt State Medicaid Demands for Payment If Procedures Not Followed

McCain Says Affluent Seniors Should Pay More for Medicare Drug Benefit

Boomers to Flood Medical System, According to Study

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