MEDICARE
Medicare Medical (Part B) premium varies with income
Medicare Medical (Part B) coverage helps pay for doctors services and outpatient care along with other services. Most people incorrectly think that the costs of providing Medicare Part B coverage are...
Posted on 5/20/13 at 3:49 PM
Mobile Device for Augmentative Communication: Insurance Style
An Android or Apple mobile device with a communication app for people who have difficulty speaking, such as an iPad with Proloquo2Go, is not a new concept anymore. However, insurancepayingfor a mobile...
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:52 AM
Medicare Fraud
Medicare Fraud can happen to you. Always read your Medicare Summary Notice (MSN) or health care billing statement. This is not a bill but it does come after you get medical care http://www.stopmedica...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 7:05 PM
2013 Medicare Tax Increases
The sale of real estate including your home or farm could be subject to Medicare taxes. The Affordable Care Act's increased Medicare taxes are ineffect now for tax year 2013. Some workers are wonderin...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 5:48 PM
Got a Medicare supplement? It’s time to put on your sneakers!
By Denise Pinkney Were excited to offer the SilverSneakers Fitness Program to our Medicare supplement members. SilverSneakers is an exercise program designed to keep older adults active and healthy....
Posted on 11/28/12 at 10:44 AM
Medicare, insurance seminars set in Fargo
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Insurance Department’s State Health Insurance Counseling program will hold seminars in Fargo this summer meant to educate consumers about Medicare and long-term care insurance.By Forum staff reports , May 18, 2010
Dialysis patients object to changes 
Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with kidney failure. In order to survive, I must receive dialysis treatment three times a week for three to four hours at a time to cleanse my blood of fatal toxins.
By Timothy Gassmann , April 30, 2010
Frontier strategy pays off for North Dakota: Doctors receive better wages under amendment
For years, North Dakota’s hospitals and clinics pleaded for fairness in Medicare payments that essentially punished them for providing cost-effective care.By Patrick Springer , April 04, 2010
Conrad touts health reform’s cost-savings 
By Patrick Springer , April 01, 2010
North Dakota warns of telephone scam 
BISMARCK – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm warned consumers today that phone scammers are calling Medicare beneficiaries in North Dakota about Part D penalties.
January 22, 2010
Medicare beneficiaries warned of new phone scam 
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm warned consumers today that phone scammers are calling Medicare beneficiaries in North Dakota about Part D penalties.
By Forum staff reports , January 20, 2010
Medicare Q&A session set Thursday at YMCA 
The YMCA SilverSneakers program will host a Medicare question and answer session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties Fercho Branch, 400 1st Ave. S., Fargo.
January 20, 2010
Frontier states provision riding on North Dakota officials 
North Dakota’s congressional delegation says a provision in the health care reform bill that boosts Medicare reimbursement rates for some rural states is a tough sell.
By Associated Press , January 10, 2010
Fargo hospitals support North Dakota funding provision
December 23, 2009
Health care bill includes additional Medicare reimbursements for North Dakota
Provision helped get Dorgan, Conrad on boardRevisions to the Senate’s health care reform bill in the past week drew the necessary support of previously hesitant North Dakota Democrats.
December 22, 2009
A weakened bill is not the answer 
There’s talk of compromise on the health care front, which means we may be closer to getting something passed before the end of the year.
By Jonathan Wilsnack , December 20, 2009
Noridian: Major Fargo employer a Medicare processing machine 
December 19, 2009
Rockefeller just doesn’t get it 
Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s, D-W.Va., comments (Forum, Dec. 10) regarding Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., as it relates to Medicare reimbursement would be laughable if it wasn’t attached to such a meaningful and perhaps dire issue for North Dakota health care.
By Andrew L. Wilson , December 19, 2009
Enrollment for Medicare Part D ends Dec. 31
BISMARCK – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm reminds Medicare beneficiaries that the Medicare Part D annual enrollment period will end Dec. 31.December 11, 2009
Forum editorial: Health bill debate far from over 
The national debate over health care reform has gotten so polarized and dishonest that it is difficult for thoughtful Americans to separate substance from rhetoric.
December 10, 2009
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