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President Declares Major Disaster For Vermont
WASHINGTON, D.C. The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Vermont to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, a tornado, and flooding on July 18, 2008. Public […]

Changes to Competitive Acquisition Program Timeline
medicare Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs and Biologicals

40th Anniversary for medicare and medicaid
In 1965, the Social Security Act established both medicare and medicaid. medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created under HEW to effectively coordinate medicare and medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2001, HCFA was renamed the Centers for medicare & medicaid Services (CMS).

Upcoming Distance Learning Opportunities on the medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Proposal For The New Competitive Acquisition Program For Part B Drugs And Biologicals
Section 303 (d) of the MMA (adobe pdf 26Kb) requires the implementation of a competitive acquisition program (CAP) for medicare Part B drugs and biologicals not paid on a cost or prospective payment system basis. Beginning with drugs administered on or after January 1, 2006, physicians will be given a choice between buying and billing these drugs under the average sales price (ASP) system, or obtaining these drugs from vendors selected in a competitive bidding process.

Plan Now To Prevent Flood Losses Later
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The damage caused by flooding this past August 8 resulted in Brooklyn and Queens being designated official disaster areas. Are you prepared for the possibility of a flood coming into your home or business? With some relatively simple steps, you can protect your property and decrease the potential for destruction and […]

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