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.
Intensive behavioral therapy for obesity became a covered preventive service under. Medicare, effective November 29, 2011. It is reported with HCPCS code G0447 (Face-to-. face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes). Coverage requirements are in the. âMedicare National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) Manual,â Chapter 1, Section 210.