Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

CMS kick-starts reform by filling Part D "doughnut hole." Good news for the nation's seniors: Health reform measures aimed at improving seniors' access to better health insurance services and benefits are starting to take effect. In the six months since President Obama signed the bill into law, much needed help is rolling in. Of perhaps the greatest interest to senior citizens, the government has already started the process of filling in the Medicare Part D coverage gap, the "doughnut hole." Checks have started going out to around 80,000 people across the nation, and 4 million checks will be mailed over the next year. In addition to this, starting January 1, 2011, Medicare will provide free preventive care: no co-payments and no deductibles for preventive services such as glaucoma screening and diabetes self-management. Also, the legislation increases reimbursements to doctors who provide primary care to seniors, increasing access to these services [...]