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Mary buying drugs for her voters.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:15 am
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:15 am
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The problem was traced back to a head-scratching bureaucratic rule that's now getting a second look.
A report coming out Friday from the Health and Human Services Department's inspector general says the Medicare rule allows payment for prescriptions filled up to 32 days after a patient's death — at odds with the program's basic principles, not to mention common sense.
"Drugs for deceased beneficiaries are clearly not medically indicated, which is a requirement for (Medicare) coverage," the IG report said. It urged immediate changes to eliminate or restrict the payment policy.
Medicare said it's working on a fix.
Investigators examined claims from 2012 for a tiny sliver of Medicare drugs — medications to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS — and then cross-referenced them with death records. They found that the program paid for drugs for 158 beneficiaries after they were already dead. The cost to taxpayers: $292,381, an average of $1,850 for each beneficiary.
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This post was edited on 10/31/14 at 9:27 am
Posted on 10/31/14 at 9:27 am to WeeWee
new title maybe it will get some ppl to respond
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:08 am to WeeWee
HIV drugs are small potatoes. I'm sure the numbers for painkillers will be insanely high.
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