“Pos-T-Vac Medical Did Not Meet Medicare Documentation Requirements for Over Half of Sampled Claims for Male Vacuum Erection Systems” (A-07-11-05016, June 2012, .pdf format, 24p.).
June 19, 2012
CAAR — US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report — June 19, 2012
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CAAR – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Report – June 19, 2012
“Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System,” (June 2012, .pdf format, 237p.).
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CAAR – Urban Institute Report – June 19, 2012
“Impact of Federal Policies on an Aging Workforce with Disabilities,” by Richard W. Johnson (March 2012, .pdf format, 22p.).
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CAAR – AARP Reports – June 19, 2012
A. “Older Americans’ Ambivalence Toward Annuities,” by Sandy Mackenzie (June 2012, .pdf format, 30p.).
B. “Medicare Part D’s Medication Therapy Management: Shifting from Neutral to Drive,” by N. Lee Rucker (June 2012, .pdf format, 12p.).
www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-06-2012/medicare-part-d-mtm-AARP-ppi-health.html
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CAAR – Pew Center on the States Issue Brief – June 19, 2012
“The Widening Gap Update,” (June 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 11p.).
www.pewstates.org/research/reports/the-widening-gap-update-85899398241
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CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – June 19, 2012
“Oral Health and Medicare Beneficiaries: Coverage, Out-of-Pocket Spending, and Unmet Need,” (June 2012, .pdf format, 5p.).
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CAAR – Financial Services Council [New Zealand] Report – June 19, 2012
“Pensions for the Twenty First Century: Retirement Income Security for Younger New Zealanders,” (June 2012, .pdf format, 60p.).
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CAAR – NHS Confederation [UK] Report – June 19, 2012
“Delivering Dignity: Securing dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes,” (June 2012, .pdf format, 40p.).
www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/Delivering-Dignity.aspx
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CAAR – Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) [Canada] Report – June 19, 2012
“Financing Long-Term Care in Canada,” by Michel Grignon and Nicole F. Bernier (Study No. 33, June 2012, .pdf format, 32p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – June 19, 2012
A. “Effects of Aging on Endotoxin Tolerance Induced by Lipopolysaccharides Derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis and Escherichia coli,” by Ying Sun, Hui Li, Mi-Fang Yang, Wei Shu, Meng-Jun Sun, and Yan Xu (PLoS ONE 7(6): e39224. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039224, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039224
B. “Genotype-Specific Differences between Mouse CNS Stem Cell Lines Expressing Frontotemporal Dementia Mutant or Wild Type Human Tau,” by Miranda E. Orr, Rose Pitstick, Brenda Canine, Karen H. Ashe, and George A. Carlson (PLoS ONE 7(6): e39328. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039328, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039328
C. “PET Imaging a MPTP-Induced Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease Using the Fluoropropyl-Dihydrotetrabenazine Analog [18F]-DTBZ (AV-133),” by James S. Toomey, Shilpa Bhatia, La’Wanda T. Moon, Elysse A. Orchard, Kerrie H. Tainter, Stephen J. Lokitz, Tracee Terry, J. Michael Mathis, and Andrew D. Penman (PLoS ONE 7(6): e39041. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039041, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039041
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences Article Abstract – June 19, 2012
“Loss of functional GABAA receptors in the Alzheimer diseased brain,” by Agenor Limon, Jorge Mauricio Reyes-Ruiz, and Ricardo Miledi (Vol. 109, No. 25, June 19, 2012, p. 10071-10076).
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CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – June 19, 2012
“Long-Term Care Policy, Myopia and Redistribution,” by Helmuth Cremer and Kerstin Roeder (CESifo Working Paper No. 3843, June 2012, .pdf format, 34p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
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CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing Testimony – June 19, 2012
“MedPAC’s June Report to Congress,” a hearing held June 19, 2012 (witness statements available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=299381
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