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Medicare Savings Program Sees Enrollment Rise
Efforts to boost enrollment in the Medicare Savings Program, which provides help to low-income beneficiaries who can't afford their premiums, have been successful in expanding the program's numbers, according to a GAO report.
The report found that enrollment in the Medicare Savings Program increased every year since 2007, but the highest increases occurred in 2010 and 2011, following an outreach effort from the Social Security Administration. It noted that the SSA spent $11.7 million in fiscal years 2009 to 2011 on building awareness and staff training, coming in we
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Source: ModernHealthcare.com
Hospitals Report Declining Cash Reserves, Increasing Reimbursement Delays and Denials
December 1st 2023A new report highlighting the twin pressures hospitals have faced over the last 18 months shows that as reimbursement delays and denials increased and cash and investments decreased, operating expenses have risen sharply.
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