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Annual 1999 Whatsnew Archive

Current News (Last 3 Months)

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November 30, 1999 Medicare Web Site Wins Excellence Awards
November 29, 1999 HMO Expands Plan to Medicare Beneficiaries in Four Oregon Counties
November 29, 1999 HCFA to Hold Meeting on Revising Medicare Standards for Quality Tranplant Centers
November 23, 1999 HCFA Administrator, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Appoints Senior Advisors on Medical Help for Children, Elderly, and Disabled.
November 23, 1999 HHS Approves California Expansion of Children's Health Insurance Plan
November 22, 1999 HMO Plan Expands Plan to medicare Beneficiaries in Racine County, Wis.
November 22, 1999 HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries in Columbus, Ohio Area
November 22, 1999 HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries in Eight Florida Counties
November 22, 1999 HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries to 13 Rural Counties in South Dakota and Iowa
November 22, 1999HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries in Seven Minnesota Counties
November 22, 1999 HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries in Harrison County, Miss.
November 04, 1999 Standing in the Safety Zone - The 1918 Flu Epidemic

October 27, 1999 OPL 105 - Special Election Periods for Enrollees in Nonrenewing Cost Contracts
October 27, 1999 OPL 104 -- Qs and As Dis/Enrollment
October 27, 1999 July 26 Letter on Changes to the Standardized Summary of Benefits
October 21, 1999 - Five Year Contracting Prohibition
October 21, 1999 Standardized Summary of Benefits for Cost Contractors
October 12, 1999 -- ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee November 12, 1999 Meeting Agenda

September 24, 1999 Medicare+Choice: Policy Concerns, Implications, And Prescription For Change
September 23, 1999 Medicare+Choice: Changes for the Year 2000 Report

September 23, 1999 Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration
September 10, 1999 HCFA Names Members of Medicare Coverage Advisory Panels
September 08, 1999 Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

July 27, 1999 Managed Care Plan Offered to More Medicare beneficiaries in San Diego County
July 26, 1999 Medicare Proposes Year-2000 Physician Fee Schedule
July 23, 1999 Medicaid Fraud Statutes
July 23, 1999 Full Text of President Clinton's Plan to Modernize and Strengthen the Medicare Program
July 20, 1999 Statement by HCFA Administrator, Nancy-Ann DeParle, External Review of Hospital Quality
July 15, 1999 Statement of HCFA Deputy Administrator, Michael Hash, Medicare+Choice Plan
July 15, 1999Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries After HMOs Withdraw
July 13, 1999 New Projections show National Health Spending to Grow More Slowly than Project Last Year
July 12, 1999 OPL #98,Special Election Periods
July 12, 1999 OPL #99,Medicare+Choice Marketing Time Lines
July 12, 1999 National Health Expeditures Prpjections

June 30, 1999 HFCA Asks Nursing Homes to Join Education Campaign to Reduce Abuse and Neglect of Residents
June 28, 1999 HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries in Delaware
June 28, 1999 HMO Plan Offered to Medicare Beneficiaries in New Orleans and Three Suburban Parishes
June 29, 1999 HCFA Year 2000 Business Continuity and Contingency Plan
June 28, 1999 Use of Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) Cohort-1 Respondent Level Data
June 23, 1999 HMO Plan to Medicare Beneficiaries in Indianapolis and Hamilton county
June 17, 1999 Beneficiaries Guide Medicare Information Campaign
June 17, 1999Medicare Beneficiaries to Get Standardized Benefit Information
June 16, 1999 Hugh Hill, MD, Appointed Chairman of HCFA Physician Regulatory Issues Team
June 16, 1999 HCFA Expands Education Project to Reach Doctors and Other Providers Nationwide
June 14, 1999 : Shiley Heart Valve Settlement Agreement
June 14, 1999:Bjork-Shiley Convexo-Concave Heart Valve: Reimbursement
May 24, 1999: United Government Services Selected to Process Medicare PART-A Claims for West Virginia
May 19, 1999: Medicare Selects Companies, Tasks for New Contractors to Further Reduce Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
May 12, 1999: HCFA Administrator, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Announces Appointment of Henry D. Claypool, Senior Advisor for Disability Policy
May 21, 1999 -- Remarks by HCFA Administrator at the May 21 Rx2000Year 2000 National Meeting
May 19, 1999: Medicare Selects Companies, Tasks for New Contractors to Further Reduce Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
May 19, 1999 -- Program Safeguard Contractors (PSC) Awards and Task-Order Solicitations
May 13, 1999 -- OPL-#94: Managed Care Marketing Guide Update
May 13, 1999 -- ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee SUMMARY REPORT
May 12, 1999 -- ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee
May 06, 1999: OPL-#93: Race and Ethnicity Information Collection
May 06, 1999: OPL-#92: Telecommunications Requirements for Managed Care Organizations
April 27, 1999: HCFA Announces Medicare Provider Payment Updates on Schedule for Year- 2000
April 27, 1999 -- ALERT: (OASIS) "Outcome and Assessment Information Data Set"
April 27, 1999 -- HCFA Press Release Announces: "Medicare Provider Payment Updates on Schedule for 2000"
April 23, 1999: OPL-#91: Multi-Year Benefits under Medicare+Choice
April 23, 1999: OPL-#90: Medicare+Choice Plan Service Areas
April 25, 1999: OPL-#89: Year 2000 Instructions for Managed Care Organizations
April 21, 1999: OPL-#87 Special Election Period
April 20, 1999 -- Practicing Physicans Advisory Council
April 15, 1999 -- Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibilities, Including a Profile of QMB/SLMB Eligibles
April 13, 1999 -- Transition 2000 -- Y2K National Conferences: April - June, 1999
April 8, 1999 -- Adjusted Community Rate Proposal (ACRP) July 1, 1999 Submission Date
April 8, 1999 -- 1999 National Customer Service Conference
April 8, 1999 -- NOTICE: Open Town Hall Meeting to Discuss the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System
April 7, 1999 -- ALERT: The Effective Date of OASIS has been Delayed
April 7, 1999 -- Adjusted Community Rate Proposal July 1, 1999 (ACRP) Submission Date
April 5, 1999 -- Testimonies:
A. Fiscal 1998 Chief Financial officer's Audit of HCFA
B. Work Incentives Improvment Act
C. State Nursing Home Complaint Investigations
D. Medicare+Choice
E. Medicaid and Tobacco Settlements
April 5, 1999 -- Managed Care Monthly Report: April, 1999
April 5, 1999 -- SNF PPS Quality Medical Review Homepage
April 5, 1999 -- Managed Care Organization (MCO) Y2K Contingency Reporting
March 31, 1999 -- 1999 Medicare Trustees Reports
March 29, 1999 -- Report to Congress: Proposed Method of Incorporating Health Status Risk Adjusters into Medicare+Choice Payments
March 25, 1999 -- Supporting Families in Transition: A Guide to Expanding Health Coverage in the Post-Welfare Reform World - March 22, 1999
March 24, 1999 -- OASIS: Home Health Comprehensive Assessment Data Set
March 24, 1999 -- Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
March 23, 1999 -- Local Residents Appointed to National Medicare Competitive Pricing Demonstration
March 17, 1999 -- OPLs #83 and #84: Medicare+Choice(M+C)Transition Enrollment and Disenrollment (Q&A) Questions and Answers
March 17, 1999 -- Hospital Wage Indices Public Use File Updated 3/5/99
March 17, 1999 -- Medicare+Choice Rates for 2000
March 17, 1999 -- New Children's Health Outreach Initiative -- Insure Kids Now
March 17, 1999 -- Medicare Establishes "Deadline" for Submitting Y2K-Ready Claims
March 17, 1999 -- OPL #81 -- Medicare+Choice Orgs. Appeals and Grievance Data Disclosure Agreements
March 17, 1999 -- OPL #82 -- Notice of Discharge & Medicare Rights (NOMDAR) Model Language
March 17, 1999 -- Nursing Home Transition Initiative

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