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.
Medicare & âIncident Toâ. Billing for Mental Health Services. Under Medicare Part , services may be provided by one healthcare practitioner âincident toâ. another Medicare-enrolled practitioner. This allows non-physician practitioners who do not. have an assigned Medicare billing number to provide and bill for Medicare Part B services.