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Chief Financial Officer Testifies on medicare & Medicaid Improper Payments

40th Anniversary for medicare and Medicaid
In 1965, the social security Act established both medicare and Medicaid. medicare was a responsibility of the social security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created under HEW to effectively coordinate medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of health and Human Services (HHS). In 2001, HCFA was renamed the Centers for medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

CMS Facilitates Access to Innovative Technology
In a ruling announced today by Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., CMS clarified its payment rules to present beneficiaries with the choice to receive presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses (IOLs) that not only replace lens clouded by cataracts but also allows the eye to focus on near, intermediate, and far vision, minimizing the need for corrective lens.

Thank your Representative for the Salary Reserve

CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI) Dear Provider Letter
CMS announced a system whereby all health care providers, including medicare providers, can apply for a new identifier, known as the National Provider Identifier, or NPI, starting May 23, 2005.

Nursing Homes Required To Vaccinate Residents Against The Flu

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