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Eileen Cook September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 CMS, HHS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Older Adults

How Medicare Advantage is being advertised on TV

(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) More than 85 percent of the nearly 650,000 Medicare TV ad airings over

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Eileen Cook September 21, 2023 COVID-19 testing, Free Covid tests, HHS

Free Covid tests will be offered again to all U.S. households

(By Helen Branswell and Rachel Cohrs for STAT) The federal government is again offering free Covid-19 tests to Americans, providing

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Eileen Cook September 21, 2023September 21, 2023 DME, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, medicare

She has Medicare and Medicaid. So why should it take 18 months to get a wheelchair?

(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Saleema Render-Hornsby was shocked by the letter she had just received from Medicare.

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Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Alzheimer's Disease, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease more likely to switch to traditional Medicare: Study

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia are 1.4 times more

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Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Malnutrition, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Learn how to reduce or prevent your risk of malnutrition

(Source – news.va.gov) Malnutrition is a serious condition in which the body does not receive the nutrients it needs to

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Eileen Cook September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

5 ways Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare differ on affordability: Survey

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Around 1 in 5 adults with Medicare reported high healthcare costs in the

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Eileen Cook September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

What to Know about the Medicare Open Enrollment Period and Medicare Coverage Options

(By Alex Cottrill, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Tricia Neuman, and Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 18, 2023)

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Health Care FinancePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Biosimilars drugs, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, PBM

Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about

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Eileen Cook September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 Telehealth, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Telehealth expands access to quality care for Veterans

(Source – news.va.gov) Did you know around 1-in-3 Veterans who receive VA care access part of that care through telehealth?

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Eileen Cook September 18, 2023September 18, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Prescription drug costs

What are the recent and forecasted trends in prescription drug spending?

(By Emma Wager, Imani Telesford, Cynthia Cox, and Krutika Amin for Kaiser Family Foundation published September 15, 2023) Prescription drug

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