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Medicare patients pay more for rural hospital services
An electrocardiogram, used to monitor heartbeats, will cost a Medicare patient about $5 at the average hospital but nearly $33 at a rural, critical access hospital. ECGs and nine other frequently provided outpatient services cost from two to six times more…
Thousands affected by Medicaid eligibility change
A change in how eligibility for Medicaid is determined could save Indiana $26 million this fiscal year by pushing thousands of residents off coverage but providing first-time benefits to even more at lower costs. Indiana has abandoned its own eligibility determination…
Ranking Names Best Cities For People With Disabilities
A new ranking is offering insight on the nation’s best and worst places for people with disabilities to call home. Overland Park, Kan. is topping the analysis of the nation’s 150 most populated cities. Also rounding out the list’s top five…
Money Matters: Advice for how to monitor an aging parent’s financial activity
Our mom doesn’t have a lot of money. She is showing early signs of dementia, and we know that we will probably need to help her financially if/when her money runs out. She falls prey to all these requests from…
Will Baby Boomers Sink the Economy and Your Portfolio?
Investing styles and personalities have always run the gamut — from value hounds to growth-stock sleuths and everything in between. As for me, I’m the resident “awfulizer;” while my colleagues dig into financial statements to uncover the next 10-bagger stock,…
Credit Card Upgrades Are Ordered to Protect People’s Data
President Obama signed an executive order on Friday to strengthen security on federally issued credit cards and government payment systems, part of a push to protect Americans from identity theft and fraud after several large-scale data security breaches this year. “You should be able…
3 Strategies for Making Your Retirement Money Last
After decades of saving for retirement, even forward-thinking individuals start to get nervous when the time comes to actually say goodbye to their jobs. With health care costs continuing to rise and lifespans growing longer, the fear of outliving one’s…
Can I Keep Social Security Benefits in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?
You can keep your social security benefits if you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, regardless of where you live. This is because social security benefits are exempt property, which means they are protected in bankruptcy. It is a good idea to…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Publishes Draft Coverage Decision to Reimburse the Decipher® Test for Intermediate & High Risk Prostate Cancer
GenomeDx Biosciences today announced that a draft local coverage determination (LCD) for its Decipher® Prostate Cancer Classifier has been published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) describing a coverage and payment policy for use of the Decipher…
When Retirement Planning, Consider Transportation
FOR Roland Dion, 81, who lives on the eastern edge of San Diego, being isolated in a place where the car rules is all too real a possibility. “Out here, it’s cars,” Mr. Dion said. “Cars, cars, cars, cars.” Doctor appointments,…