"… r analyzed Medicare claims data obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). For the digital mammography analysis, the Center used a su …"

"… re reform didn’t do much to change that,” said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, an organization that pushes for changes to the n …"

"… Tricia Neuman, vice president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and director of its Medicare project.Why is that? State-of-the-art medical technology g …"

"… ulous private health insurance market,” said Alex Lawson, communications director for Strengthen Social Security, a coalition of liberal groups that also mo …"

"… every dollar earned by men managers in 2007 (GAO). …"

"… ports of average manufacturer prices (AMP) to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the inspector general said in a new report. They were even worse …"

"… on is required by federal law to help calculate rebates owed to states for Medicaid drugs, and to set ceiling prices for Medicaid prescriptions. Violators fac …"

"… e rebates owed to states for Medicaid drugs, and to set ceiling prices for Medicaid prescriptions. Violators face a $10,000 per day civil fine, and can be sus …"

"… ney has cushioned the blow by pumping $103 billion into the states through Medicaid since early 2009. The money has been keeping state-run health insurance pr …"

"… number of mentally ill people who are incarcerated is high and growing.”MedicaidThe situation will be exacerbated further as federal stimulus dollars dry u …"

"… on boost to the amount of money the federal government gave the states for Medicaid. In August 2010, Congress approved $16 billion in additional funds. As a c …"

"… stimulus money, the federal government required states to keep everyone in Medicaid that was eligible before the crisis. Those eligible for Medicaid are mostl …"

"… growth of health care costs, but the CBO and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have expressed concern about whether these cost-control measures …"

"… al revenue will be spent on interest costs, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.Following are other new watchdog reports released by the Government Accoun …"

"… physicians on the RUC, a group that advises the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the relative values of medical procedures. Family medici …"

"… d in federal health programs for the poor and the elderly.The Medicare and Medicaid Fighting Fraud and Abuse to Save Taxpayer Dollars Act, introduced by Sens. …"

"… e step ahead. Instead, the bill would require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to perform prepayment checks before paying providers.“As Congre …"

"… s want us to work together to strengthen the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid system,” Coburn said in a news release Wednesday.The Senate bill is co-s …"

"… deral revenue" within 10 years. A spokesman says Huntsman meant to include Medicaid in that list, but even that wouldn't make the claim accurate.In his June 2 …"

"… about this error, a spokeperson told us the candidate had meant to include Medicaid spending in his list. "The remarks were [meant to be] regarding Social Sec …"

"… list. "The remarks were [meant to be] regarding Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the debt," the spokesperson said in an exchange of e-mail …"

"… 020 Washington could be spending 92 cents of every tax dollar on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and interest alone.Huntsman said "every dollar" would be …"

"… insurance programs for low-income patients. …"

"… alists, and, in some cases, different waiting lists for children receiving Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits than children wit …"

"… The report estimated that 22 percent of all doctors don’t participate in Medicaid or CHIP.Among participating doctors surveyed, only half accepted all child …"

"… P.Among participating doctors surveyed, only half accepted all children in Medicaid or CHIP as new patients, while 80 percent of those doctors accepted all ch …"