The farm bill was created as a temporary hand out to farmers created during the Depression, but now it's practically a permanent legislative fixture â a massive spending bill Congress passes every five years. Farm bill spending reached record levels in 2000, paying out $24.7 billion in subsidies.
Medicare contracted with the Omaha, Neb.-based StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a Medicare supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) in 2012 to âidentify and employ more efficient methods of medical review, such as data extrapolationâ and lower improper payments for fee-for-service claims, according to its website.
The Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries program. (QMB) is a Medicaid program administered. by the Oregon Department of Human. Services. QMB helps people with Medicare. pay for their medical care. The federal. government calls this program the Medicare. Savings Program.