AARP Unhappy With Baucus Medicare Plan (CBS News)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today released the broad outlines of Medicare legislation aimed at preventing scheduled cuts to doctors reimbursement rates, and the nation s largest senior lobby was not pleased. We re gravely disappointed at the outline we saw today that includes very little to protect Medicare beneficiaries, said AARP s chief health lobbyist, Kirsten Sloan. In the past, ...

MAXIMUS Awarded $7.2 Million Medicare Task Order (Centre Daily Times)
MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS) has been awarded a new one-year Qualified Independent Contractor (QIC) task order by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) worth $7.2 million. Under the new task order, Medicare Part A East, MAXIMUS will serve as a QIC to conduct reconsiderations of initial Medicare claims determinations for the eastern half of the United States.

Elder Law Seminars Hosted By Flushing House (Queens Courier)
Are you a senior citizen stuck on a financial roller coaster due to the Medicare Part D doughnut hole? Did you know the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act makes it more difficult for seniors and the disabled to obtain Medicaid benefits?