Senator: cut Medicare costs with new software

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Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has proposed replacing current Medicare claims-auditing software with a commercial vendor's version. His suggestion was prompted by a General Accounting Office study of 200,000 claims that found the new software caught overbilling errors on 8% of the claims that had already been processed by Medicare's software. He claims the software could save $5 billion over 5 years, and has proposed that medicare carriers be given 6 months to begin using the new system.

Software, Harkin, Tom

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Private sector provides no road map for Medicare MSAs

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Congress by mid-September 1995 will begin debating the issue of using medical savings accounts (MSA) in the Medicare program. MSAs have been controversial since they were first introduced a few years ago, and not many people use MSAs. Traditionally, MSAs are paired with high-deductible health insurance policies, in which the insured uses deposits in the MSA to pay for medical services. MSA do not have tax advantages of other health plans.

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers, Hospital and medical service plans, Medical Care Insurance, Analysis, Planning, Health insurance

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Medicare overhaul on tap

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Congressional Republicans have a plan to reform the Medicare system. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is meeting with interested parties and working with the Medicare committee to provide a reform outline in Jul 1995, introduce legislation during Aug 1995 and pass legislation in Oct 1995. The American Medical Assn has a plan that could save the federal government $162.2 billion between 1996 and 2003.

Legislative Bodies, Health, Education & Welfare, Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, United States. Congress, Health care reform, Gingrich, Newt

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