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More healthcare finance news from the state and community level, where the rubber meets the road.

The Medicare trust fund will be exhausted by 2017, two years earlier than originally projected, according to the annual report by Medicare Trustees.

As if we don't have enough on our plates with the RAC Medicare Program, our Medicaid revenue undoubtedly soon will be subjected to similar harsh scrutiny.

Between 2003 and 2008, Medicaid physician fees rose 15.1 percent, closing a portion of the gap with Medicare physician payment rates, according to a study by researchers from the Urban Institute.

In this video, Glenn Hackbarth, chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, testifies at the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee's annual MedPAC hearing.

In this video posted in Rep. Pete Stark's (D-Calif.) YouTube channel, Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis testifies on the need for competition in the health insurance market.

This video, posted to YouTube by the SCHospitalAssoc, focuses on a variety of Medicaid recipients in South Carolina. According to SCHospitalAssoc, "...Few people really understand how the Medicaid program works or who and what it covers and doesnt cover."

Medicare programs designed to boost the care of chronically ill patients while reducing hospital admissions and saving costs have largely failed, a new government-contracted study concludes.

This video details United Healthcare's diabetes-specific health plan for employer-based insurance. The payer maintains that its diabetes plan can save employers up to $500 annually on employee health insurance costs.