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Financing Health Care/Medicare/Medicaid
Health
Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
The federal agency that
administers the Medicare, Medicaid, and Child Health Insurance Programs.
A good starting point for understanding federal health care programs and
obtaining resources, contacts, and forms. http://www.hcfa.gov/
HCFA’s
Medicaid Consumer Information
Overview of the Medicaid
Program, including rules, policies, statistics, and contacts. http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/mcaicnsm.htm
HCFA’s
Medicare Consumer Information
This overview of the Medicare
Program offers useful information about Medicare, managed care and fraud
and abuse. Complete with rules, regulations, policies, forms, and other
resources. http://www.medicare.gov/
HHS
Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud & Abuse
Provides information, data,
and contacts for Medicare beneficiaries in the policing of fraud and abuse
within the Medicare program. http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/oei/outreach/campaign/index.htm
Medicare
+ Choice Rules
Learn about the newest Medicare
rules, as written in the Federal Register. http://hippo.findlaw.com/M+C.html
National
Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicine
Federal commission created
in 1997, charged with examining the Medicare program and making recommendations
to strengthen and improve it in time for the retirement of the "Baby Boomers." http://medicare.commission.gov/medicare/index.html
Office
of Workers’ Compensation Programs
Department of Labor’s Office
of Workers’ Compensation website, including links to state workers’ compensation
laws and other related information. http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/owcp_org.htm
Social
Security Information for Parents
Information, planning strategies,
and contacts for parents, including a neat page for children that explains
the basic ideas of social security benefits. http://www.ssa.gov/kids/parent1.htm
State
Medicare Information
Select an individual state
to access local and state Medicare and Medicaid information. http://www.hcfa.gov/regions/default.htm |
