The number of Americans aged 60 or more who issued advance directives governing their end-of-life care went from 47 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2010. Dina Fine Maron reports via Many More Americans Issue End-of-Life Instructions – Scientific American.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller and Rep. Jackie Walorski introduced H.R. 4102, legislation that would make an award of VA benefits issued on or after the date of a veteran’s death payable to the veteran’s estate. Under current law, only a veteran’s spouse, children under the age of …
How Much Your Doctor Received From Medicare Use the form below to find a doctor or other medical professional among the more than 800,000 health care providers that received payments in 2012 from Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, tests and other treatments. APRIL 9, 2014 via How Much Your Doctor Received From Medicare …
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs Top 1% of Medical Providers Accounted for 14% of Billing, Federal Data Show By CHRISTOPHER WEAVER, TOM MCGINTY and LOUISE RADNOFSKY Updated April 9, 2014 9:17 a.m. ET A tiny sliver of doctors and other medical providers accounted for an outsize portion of Medicare’s …