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Bartlett Hospital board finalizes $1.4 million Medicare, Medicaid payback settlement

...approved a settlement with the federal government to reimburse Medicare and Medicaid $1.4 million.The City and Borough of Juneau...juneauempire.com.Note: This story has been edited to add that Medicare payments are part of the settlement.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-21/bartlett-hospital-board-finalizes-14-mi
Local
No 'invisible hand' in health care

...made public when the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released data last...insurance. The costs are visible to Medicare and private insurers though. They negotiate...They were charged up to ten times what Medicare would have paid for the same procedures...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-14/no-invisible-hand-health-care
Opinion
Health reforms penalize some Native Americans

...is Indian (that) it makes it hard to give advice."Several members of the main tribal advisory group to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a recent conference call with the agency that the definition contained in the Affordable Care...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/health-reforms-penalize-some-native-ame
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Clinical Nurse Case Manager Job in Anchorage 99501, Alaska US | Monster.com

...healthcare systems and organizations, to include DoD Tri-Service Military Healthcare Systems, TRICARE purchased care system, Medicare, Medicaid and the Veterans Administration (VA) is desired. Experience with McKesson (InterQual) and/or Milliman...

http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/Clinical-Nurse-Case-Manager-Job-Anchorage-
Clinical Nurse Case Manager Job in Anchorage 99501, Alaska US

...healthcare systems and organizations, to include DoD Tri-Service Military Healthcare Systems, TRICARE purchased care system, Medicare, Medicaid and the Veterans Administration (VA) is desired. Experience with McKesson (InterQual) and/or Milliman...

http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/?ch=alaskajobnet/Clinical-Nurse-Case-Manag
Older voters look beyond Medicare, Social Security

WASHINGTON - Get in line, Medicare and Social Security Seniors, like...Rep. Paul Ryan, on their plan for Medicare. Those attacks are starting to bear...dependent on Social Security and Medicare," said Susan MacManus, a political...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-09-28/older-voters-look-beyond-medicare-soc
Not For Web
Medicare premiums up - but not as much as expected

...news for seniors: The government says Medicare's basic monthly premium will rise less...connection between Social Security COLAs and Medicare. Some also cite a moderation in health...will get a simpler takeaway message: Medicare is under sound management.Older voters...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2011-10-28/medicare-premiums-not-much-expected
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Anchorage clinic opens for Medicare patients only, key feature is cost-reducing care plan

...in south Anchorage but patients will need a Medicare card to get in.The Alaska Medicare Clinic intends to keep costs low by relying...that we think will allow the clinic to work on Medicare," said Dr. George Rhyneer, a retired cardiologist...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-08-29/anchorage-clinic-opens-medicare-patient
State
Con: The problem is producing more medical grads, not increasing Medicare fees for doctors

...convincing Americans that reasonable trims in Medicare spending will make it very difficult...based on an outdated 2008 report from the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission that 29 percent of the Medicare beneficiaries who were looking for a...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-12-16/con-problem-producing-more-medical-gr
Opinion
Anchorage's Medicare clinics need more patients

...ANCHORAGE - When two clinics opened for Medicare patients in Anchorage last year, they...just about a year ago and the Alaska Medicare Clinic in south Anchorage opened in May...a shortage of doctors willing to take Medicare patients.Combined, the clinics have...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-31/anchorages-medicare-clinics-need-more-p
State

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