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Liberal Think Tank's White Paper To Be Obama Administration Blueprint President-Elect Barack Obama likely will use as a policy "white paper" developed by the liberal-oriented Center for American Progress as guide for instituting sweeping changes at virtually all agencies of the federal government -- including the departments of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Housing & Urban Development (HUD), well-placed sources tell Aging News Alert. Login to see complete story
12/05/2008 09:29 AM

Courts

Condell Health Network, Medical Center To Pay $36M Settlement After Self-Reporting Possible Healthcare Fraud Condell Health Network, parent corporation of Condell Medical Center, a 283-bed hospital in Libertyville, IL -- after voluntarily disclosing that it received improper Medicare and Medicaid payments -- has agreed without litigation to pay the United States and the state of Illinois $36 million as a result of filing false claims for reimbursement. Condell, the largest healthcare provider in Lake County, IL, made the voluntary disclosure earlier this year while in the process of being acquired by Advocate Health Care, of Oak Brook, IL, which was scheduled to be completed Monday (Dec.1). Login to see complete story
12/02/2008 10:44 AM

Jackson Madison General Hospital To Pay Over $2.5M; Milan General Hospital To Pay $5.3M To Settle False Claims Allegations Two western Tennessee hospitals have entered into agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare. Jackson Madison General Hospital, located in Jackson, TN, has agreed to pay the United States $2,568,280 to settle civil allegations associated with the submission of claims for non-emergency ambulance transportation. The government alleged that between July 1, 1997 to June 31, 2002, Jackson Madison submitted claims to Medicare for non-emergency transports for its beneficiaries that did not meet Medicare's medical necessity and documentation requirements. Login to see complete story
12/02/2008 10:55 AM

Financial Services

New Nonprofit Seeks To Help Pre-Retirees Hit By Losses In the wake of the financial meltdown, 11 nonprofit financial associations, representing more than 200,000 financial services professionals around the world, have formed a collaboration to help boomers better understand and address the unique financial challenges they'll face in retirement. Login to see complete story
12/01/2008 1:05 PM

Self-Directed IRA's Seen More Attractive Than Ever Before, But… With the recent downturn in the stock market, many people are wondering if there are better ways to manage their retirement funds. Two San Francisco Bay area financial experts offer some insights into the issue. Login to see complete story
12/05/2008 4:19 PM

Fitness & Health

Flu Season Is Here! Get Your Flu Shot – Not the Flu Medicare provides coverage of the flu vaccine without any out-of-pocket costs to Medicare patients. No deductible or co-payment/co-insurance applies. Login to see complete story
12/01/2008 08:21 AM

Housing

Obama Puts Governors On Notice Asking for workable ideas, innovative programs and fiscal responsibility, President-Elect Barack Obama admonishes the nation's governors at a meeting in Philadelphia to get their houses in order before coming to the federal government for a handout. Login to see complete story
12/02/2008 12:32 PM

Housing Assistance/Funding

Policy Primer Demystifies Federal Affordable Housing Programs Although the ongoing foreclosure crisis has focused the nation's attention on housing problems and policies, the struggles of renters have largely been overlooked. Federal rental programs, dating back to the New Deal, serve about 6.5 million households, but an estimated 12.4 million low-income renters -- more than a third of which are elderly people on fixed incomes -- face serious housing problems without any assistance. Login to see complete story
12/02/2008 11:22 AM

Innovation

Six Entrepreneurs Over 60 Win $100,000 Purpose Prizes For Innovation, Extraordinary Contribution in Encore Careers One winner put his mechanical know-how to work and invented a $28 machine to help rural African villagers shell peanuts more efficiently. Another, in Fargo, ND, rallied hundreds of local volunteers to help thousands of refugees from countries like Iraq and Somalia start new lives in their city. A third is working to ensure that black farmers in the South are included in the new "green" economy. Login to see complete story
12/03/2008 08:30 AM

Medicare/Medicaid

CMS Issues Final Rule for Redesigning Medicaid, States Have Greater Flexibility in Benefit Offerings A final regulation giving states flexibility in designing their own Medicaid programs, including adjusting their benefit package to more closely align with beneficiary needs, has been unveiled by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Login to see complete story
12/04/2008 4:45 PM

Message From The Editor

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12/02/2008 2:48 PM

New 2nd Edition of The Directory of Private Social Services Grants Now Available! Many of the nation's 70,000+ foundations are responding to the rapidly growing need for social services by increasing funding at this critical time, according to a recent report. And now, a new directory of private foundations funding a wide range of social service programs nationwide has just been published by CD Publications, a nearly 50-year-old publisher of print and online services covering private and federal funding for community-based programs. Login to see complete story
12/04/2008 4:34 PM

News in the States

Governors, State Lawmakers Urge Congress To Move On Economic Recovery For States Leaders of the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) joined together Monday (Dec. 1) to call on congressional leaders and the White House to take early action to stabilize the nation's economy. Twenty states already have cut $7.6 billion from their FY 2009 budgets, and 30 states have identified additional shortfalls totaling more than $30 billion. Login to see complete story
12/01/2008 11:56 AM

Research and Reports

Dialysis Treatment Clears The Blood, But Does It Also Cloud Vision? Magnifying glasses may soon join the dialysis machine as essential equipment in dialysis centers around the country. A new study, published in the December issue of American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, suggests that elderly dialysis patients suffer high rates of visual impairment. Login to see complete story
12/02/2008 11:07 AM

Retirement

Joint Life Expectancy Seen As Better Way To Calculate Retirement Distributions Using a couple's joint life expectancy to determine retirement distributions results in "safe" but higher withdrawal rates versus traditional fixed-period methods, contend the authors of an article in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Financial Planning, published monthly by the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Login to see complete story
12/03/2008 07:20 AM

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