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Medicare Fraud

Medicare Fraud

Every year, Medicare is cheated out of millions of dollars due to fraud. Fraud includes billing Medicare for services never provided or for services different than those provided. It also...

Housing - Who Pays For Home Care Services? - Private Third Party Payors

Three methods of payment for home care services are available to America's elderly population: self-pay, public third-party payors, and private third-party payors. If home care services are not paid by third-party payors, the patient must pay for...

Social Security - The Basics

The Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program, often known as Social Security, provides America's aging population with a full spectrum of benefits, including retirement benefits, survivors' benefits, Social Security...

Cost Sharing

Several financial assistance programs exist to help certain individuals obtain Medicare and Medicaid coverage: the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) program; the Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB) program; and...

Medicare - Limiting Charges and Assignment

Medicare limits the amount it will pay for some services, supplies, and medical equipment. This is called the Medicare limiting charge. Whether a limiting charge is available to help limit the cost of services or supplies, however, depends upon...