Sentence examples for medicare practice from inspiring English sources

In the past, Dr. Flick said, "private insurers used to subsidize our Medicare practice," but they are no longer willing to do so.

The average percentage of patients on Medicare was 35%, and 1 practitioner indicated limiting Medicare practice and 5 others indicated planning to limit Medicare practice.

Three problem areas pose barriers to expansion of chiropractic services under Medicare: (1) putative provision of maintenance (wellness) care in apparent violation of Medicare practice guidelines; (2) inadequate clinical documentation; and (3) projected increased costs associated with expanded services.

Elsewhere, Tenet Healthcare slid after saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed documents as part of its investigation into the company's billing Medicare practices, and AstraZenaca was higher after saying that a U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel was in favor of recommending the approval its cholesterol drug Crestor.

In keeping with Medicare's practice, though, the payments have shrunk in recent years.

That was in keeping with Medicare's practice of offering more generous payments for new treatments to encourage investment in equipment and training involved in a new procedure.

The scheme at Kyphon was based on Medicare's practice of reimbursing hospitals more for complex inpatient back surgery than for outpatient care.

Researchers found that Medicare's practice of reimbursing providers with separate payments for the drugs and for dialysis treatments encouraged overprescription because the providers made healthy profits with each dose.

In turn, there are implications for the Australia Medicare Diabetes Practice Incentive Payment which uses the number of HbA1c test claimed to determine the denominator for calculating the proportion of standardised patient equivalents that have completed their annual cycle of care.

The company faces several shareholder lawsuits and a Security and Exchange Commission investigation, as well as regulatory scrutiny of its Medicare billing practices.

HealthSouth, the nation's largest chain of rehabilitation hospitals, has become mired in controversy over its Medicare billing practices and the stock sales of its chairman, Richard M. Scrushy.