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  • Business Briefs for Dec. 6, 2009 6 Dec 2009 06:41 GMT
    ... Department of Insurance is available to help Louisiana Medicare beneficiaries enroll in one of the Louisiana ... 1. For more information about Medicare prescription drug options, including an online Medicare Prescription Drug ...

  • Medicaid Meltdown: Dropping Medicaid Could Save States $1 Trillion 1 Dec 2009 23:30 GMT
    ... the states would no longer pay for Medicare cost-sharing or the state "clawback" for Medicare ... or the state "clawback" for Medicare prescription drugs. The reasons states would seriously consider opting ... more money to a "poorer" state like Louisiana than a wealthier one like Illinois. States ...

  • Washington Post: Reid's recipe for getting health-care deal done 4 Dec 2009 17:02 GMT
    ... dangling $300 million in Medicaid funding for Louisiana to win Landrieu's support for bringing the ... the Senate bill, an increase in the Medicare payroll tax for high earners, has raised ... businesses. Two pending amendments related to Medicare drug benefits are potentially worrisome to Democratic leaders. ...

  • Reid Leads Deal Making on Health Reform 4 Dec 2009 17:41 GMT
    ... dangling $300 million in Medicaid funding for Louisiana to win Landrieu's support for bringing the ... the Senate bill, an increase in the Medicare payroll tax for high earners, has raised ... businesses. Two pending amendments related to Medicare drug benefits are potentially worrisome to Democratic leaders. ...

  • Think outside hospital to save 3 Dec 2009 09:31 GMT
    ... that wisdom and innovate? Probably not. The Louisiana Health Care Review is trying to buck ... odds, looking for ways to make the Medicare and Medicaid services offered to people here ... on new ideas and not necessarily new drugs or new technology. The review is under ...

  • Program aims to avoid hospital return 1 Dec 2009 07:24 GMT
    ... Rouge area hospitals, an executive of a Medicare quality improvement organization said Monday. And it ... vice president and chief operating officer of Louisiana Health Care Review. “We believe our activity ... such as follow-up physician visits and prescription drug needs, Castello said. ...

  • Health care reform piloted in Baton Rouge 5 Dec 2009 09:13 GMT
    ... If the Louisiana Health Care Review program's initial success continues ... applied nationwide, officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimate it could save ... between health care providers and patients about medications, warning signs and disease prevention and the ...

  • Health program tested in La. 1 Dec 2009 09:13 GMT
    ... If the Louisiana Health Care Review program's initial success continues ... applied nationwide, officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimate it could save ... communication between health-care providers and patients about medications, warning signs and disease prevention and the ...

  • Items voted on during Tuesday's council meeting 2 Dec 2009 20:11 GMT
    ... Long-term Disability Insurance, and Hartford and Aetna Medicare Supplement Policies for post-65 retirees. Passed 7-0. ... Ohio for Emergency Medical Services supplies and medications to the McKinney Fire Department. Bidding opened ... .11 acres on the south side of Louisiana Street and 100 feet west of McDonald ...

  • Waffling Democrats' Healthcare Hypocrisy 1 Dec 2009 19:16 GMT
    ... Obama's proposed "public option" plan, and even Medicare, is simply a government insurance scheme that ... Nebraska, especially in rural areas. Last year, Louisiana's Landrieu proudly announced her success in getting ... their careers, the healthcare industry (including insurers, drug companies, hospitals and nursing homes, and medical ...

  • Report lists healthcare reform benefits to Louisiana 30 Nov 2009 21:55 GMT
    ... Report lists healthcare reform benefits to Louisiana Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:54 pm ... • 116,000 seniors would have their brand-name drug costs in the Medicare Part D "doughnut hole" halved. • 51,000 ...

  • The role of lobbyists 29 Nov 2009 05:52 GMT
    ... of $2,300 from the owner of USA Drug, Stephen L. LaFrance Sr., also -- surprise ... Congress by the former Republican-turned-Democrat congressman of Louisiana, Billy Tauzin, who had held many powerful ... a man who helped design the bill, Medicare chief Tom Scully. Now we come to ...

  • NFU leaders call on Congress to pass health care reform 30 Nov 2009 05:26 GMT
    ... conditions, gender or health status, reforms the Medicare reimbursement system to provide better quality care ... rural access to specialized care, and expands drug discount programs so rural health facilities can ... overhaul were Farmers Union leaders from Arkansas, Louisiana and Maine, which, along with Nebraska, have ...

  • Congress: The amendments to watch 30 Nov 2009 15:34 GMT
    ... forward: the public option, excise tax, prescription drugs, affordability, insurance exchanges, and Medicare cuts. is the latest to profile Maine ... drove Sen. Mary Landrieu to demand the “Louisiana Purchase” Medicaid concession: “Landrieu's quest to tinker ...


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