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.
Interests need to be protected. Currently, Medicare is accept-. ing the Medicare Set-Aside as the vehicle to ensure. Medicareâs Interests are protected. The Medicare Set-Aside is simply a report that proj-. ects the anticipated injury related medical treatment. and prescriptions needed by the injured party over.