MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'eligibility'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4167958&cid=t_216811_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhappy-birthday-baby-boomers-one-more-eligible-for-medicare-every-8-seconds%2F2010.11.15 Today begins a lame duck session of Congress before it breaks for Thanksgiving. It’s the final chance to work out a temporary patch to Medicare reimbursement before a 23 percent cut takes effect Dec. 1. Doctors are going to stop taking new Medicare patients if the cuts happen. And, as one breast cancer surgeon explains, if Medicare stops paying, so to private insurers and even military health programs. Congress will meet in December, but the damage will be done. This all is happening two weeks before the baby boomers become eligible for Medicare. That populous generation starts to turn 65 beginning on Jan. 1, which means they become eligible for Medicare on Dec. 1, which, as we mentioned, is the day the 23 percent Medicare pay cut kicks in. Boomers will continue to become eligible ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4167958 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4167958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883011&cid=t_216811_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRvsn9icqQzU%2F Thanks to the push for a more transparent Congress, we’re getting a better look at what new health care regulations might shape up to be. Alas, not a very good look: with weak justifications, the Senate Finance Committee is working on a strange “plain language” description of the bill, and apparently not planning to read or release the final language. I’ve found something worth noting, though, in each of the bill versions I’ve seen. The Senate Finance Committee’s Rube Goldberg plan for health care in America has a provision establishing paragraph talking about “Eligibility Verification.” If you want to access the “state exchanges” or collect the federal tax credits created by the bill, your eligibility will have to be verified. He... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883011 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:40:36 +0100 2883011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601928&cid=t_216811_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F15%2Fconsultation-on-the-revision-of-the-fair-access-to-care-services-guidance-to-support-councils-to-determine-eligibility-for-social-care-services%2F Title: Consultation on the revision of the Fair Access to Care Services guidance to support councils to determine eligibility for social care services The Skinny: Consultation carried out by the Department of Health on the revision of the statutory guidance providing local authorities with a framework to determine individual eligibility for social care – the “Fair Access to Care Services” guidance.  Revises draft guidance to reset the eligibility criteria framework within the policy context of personalisation and prevention set out in the cross-sector agreement for the transformation of adult social care – Putting People First.  Also aims to support councils to implement eligibility criteria in a way that is as fair, consistent and transparent as possible, taking into account... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601928 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:30:02 +0100 2601928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306742&cid=t_216811_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5jD7vZ_jCwM%2F The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a new paper out on electronic employment verification systems. Using government estimates, it finds that operating a nationwide worker background check system would cost $10 billion a year. The Chamber is no opponent of requiring employers to check workers’ immigration status — I oppose the policy, preferring to live in a free country — but the paper has a lot of information about the practical impediments to giving the federal government a say in every hiring decision. It also gives the last word to my paper, Electronic Employment Eligibility: Franz Kafka’s Solution to Illegal Immigration. In the paper, I discuss a method for verifying work eligibility under the current immigration law without creating a national identity system. It... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306742 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:22:10 +0100 2306742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2026955&cid=t_216811_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F09%2Fmood-swinger-magnets-special-offer%2F Looking for a great holiday gift? Exclusively for the first 50 Psych Central members who want them, we’ve teamed up with Mood Swinger to offer the Mood Swinger Magnet Set for only $4.95 (usually $13.95). Free shipping is also included! The 79-piece “Original” Mood Swinger Mood Magnets Set is fun, functional, and gives you a creative way to EXPRESS YOURSELF in a humorous way. It’s a unique form of magnetic therapy that gives you the ability to display 72 different moods. To get this special deal, add the item to your cart, then enter in the promotional code: PC2008 Upon checkout, be sure to enter your Psych Central username when asked (which verifies your eligibility for the discount). This offer is open only to Psych Central or NeuroTalk members. Your magnet ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2026955 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:26:56 +0100 2026955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1442701&cid=t_216811_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F14%2Flondon-calling%2F Project: London is a clinic of Medecins Du Monde (UK) which aims to support migrants that need help accessing healthcare.  It has just  published its second annual report the Project: London report and recommendations 2007: Improving access to healthcare for the community’s most vulnerable. The report finds no evidence of health tourism, with patients had been in the UK for an average of 3 years before accessing care from Project: London. Migrants are no more likely to have expensive, complicated medical needs than anyone else. It also identifies difficulties for pregnant women in accessing proper care. Although they were entitled, nearly 70% of the women had no access to care, a situation which puts both mother and child in jeopardy, and must be addressed as a matter of urgency. P... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1442701 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:50:46 +0100 1442701