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Medicare Advantage Billing Errors Cost Taxpayers Billions Rachel Monahan Wed, 06/04/2014 - 20:13
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.

In South Florida, one of the nation’s top privately-run Medicare insurance plans faces a federal investigation into allegations that it overbilled the government by exaggerating how sick some of its patients were.

Legislature Steps Up for Seniors to Restore Programs Hurt by Federal Austerity

The Oregon Legislature agreed to spend $2 million to help restore the budgets of crucial safety-net programs such as meals-on-wheels after partisan feuding in Washington, D.C., cut the programs. The Legislature also used a special tax fund to make significant investments in senior mental health and expand Oregon Project Independence to non-seniors with disabilities.
Jun 2, 2014

Oregon Starts Efforts to Hold Insurers More Responsible for Costs

Remarks by leading Democrats, including Sen. Alan Bates and Gov. Kitzhaber, give credence to the new set of tools that Insurance Commissioner Laura Cali plans to implement in the health insurance rate approval process for the individual and small business markets.
May 30, 2014

Kitzhaber Signs Homecare Worker Law, Opening Registry to Private Payment

SB 1542 was pushed by SEIU and senior advocates, giving middle-class seniors a new option, in addition to private home care agencies, to help them stay in their homes while meeting the needs of daily living. The state homecare workers, previously available only for Medicaid clients, will soon be open for all.
May 29, 2014

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