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  Health Care For All - Home Page
Commonwealth Care was created by the new health reform law to provide free or reduced cost health insurance to many residents of Massachusetts.
A campaign aimed to address a mental health care system that is seriously flawed, resulting in an estimated 100,000 children in Massachusetts who do not receive the mental health care they need.
HCFA is proud to be a recipient of the donations of The Art Connection.
www.hcfa.org   (360 words)

  
 Health Care Financing Administration
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was created as a principal operating component of the Department by the Secretary on March 8, 1977, to combine under one administration the oversight of the Medicare program, the Federal portion of the Medicaid program, and related quality assurance activities.
The Medicare Program provides health insurance coverage for people age 65 and over, younger people who are receiving social security disability benefits, and persons who need dialysis or kidney transplants for treatment of end-stage kidney disease.
Beneficiaries can receive care either through the traditional fee-for-service delivery system or through coordinated care plans, such as health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans, which have contracts with Medicare.
www.os.dhhs.gov /about/opdivs/hcfa.html   (394 words)

  
 HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Medicaid drug treatment expenditures are primarily for care received in hospitals and in specialized (free-standing) drug treatment facilities.
Medicare generally will not cover exclusively preventive care, such as education and counseling, but rather pays for such services only as they relate to a specific treatment episode for alcohol or drug abuse.
The Health Care Financing Administration continues to meet the challenges of providing drug abuse treatment care to eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients.
www.ncjrs.gov /ondcppubs/publications/policy/budget98/agency-05d.html   (544 words)

  
 Health Care Financing Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is the federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs as well as the Children's Health Insurance Program, a program that is expected to cover many of the approximately 10 million uninsured children in the United States.
HCFA also regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the United States.
HCFA, with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, helps millions of Americans and small companies get and keep health insurance coverage, and helps eliminate discrimination based on health status for people buying health insurance.
www.healthywomen.org /resources/healthservices/nationalorganizations/dbnationalorgs/healthcarefinancingadministration   (182 words)

  
 Regulatory Change Advisory From Health Care Financing Administration
Effective January 1, 1999, as a result of a revision to 42 CAR 485.711(b), nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and physician assistants are able to review plans of care and results of treatment at least every 30 days for Medicare patients.
Formerly, only physicians could review the plans of care and results of treatment for Medicare patients.
The Health Care Financing Adminstration's Form HCFA 1893 (Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech/Language Survey Report Form) will be updated to include the changes.
www.health.state.mn.us /divs/fpc/profinfo/ib99_21.htm   (162 words)

  
 Medicare.gov - The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
If you are already enrolled in a drug plan and have questions, help is here.
Compare Health Plans and Medigap Policies in Your Area
Find Out if You Are Eligible for Medicare and When You Can Enroll
www.medicare.gov   (186 words)

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