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CMS Health Care Finance Uninsured/Underinsured

Eileen Cook March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 CMS, Fair Share Spending, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Charity Care, Nonprofit hospitals, Uninsured

20 hospitals, systems where charity care exceeds tax breaks

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, released a new report

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 CMS, Drugs for Weight Loss, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Ozempic

Gross Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Already Skyrocketing – Even Though Medicare Cannot Cover The Drugs for Weight Loss

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 23, 2024) A KFF analysis shows that gross total Medicare

Artificial Intelligence Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 AI, Algorithms Factor, Lawsuit, Medicare Advantage

Humana wants Medicare Advantage AI lawsuit thrown out

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Humana is seeking to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging the insurer

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 Biotech Invivyd, COVID-19, FDA, Immune compromised, Pemgarda

FDA authorizes new drug to protect immune compromised from Covid-19

(By Jason Mast for ST A T) The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized a new antibody to protect

Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Primary Care

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Commonwealth Fund, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Primary Care

3 ways Medicare Advantage affects primary care physicians

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) There are few statistically significant differences between the way primary care physicians

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicaid Medical Debt Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Price Transparency

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Price Transparency, Medicaid, medicare, Price Transparency

Gaps in Data About Hospital and Health System Finances Limit Transparency for Policymakers and Patients

(By Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, Gary Claxton, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 22,

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage rates ‘baffling,’ lawmakers say

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A group of Republican lawmakers are asking CMS to reconsider its proposed

Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Dept of Defense, High-risk Medication, Medicare Part D, pharmaceuticals, Trade Agreements Act

54% of meds at ‘high risk,’ military says

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review ) More than half of pharmaceuticals in the United States have a dependency

Telehealth Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Gerofit, Telehealth, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Gerofit keeps older Veterans active through personalized wellness

(Source - news.va.gov) Around half of America’s Veterans are 65 years or older, meaning VA serves an increasingly aging population

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Hospice/Home Health Services Legal Actions/Court Decisions

Eileen Cook March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Acquisition, Antitrust Laws, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Home Health Services, Hospice

UnitedHealth, Amedisys deal under more scrutiny

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Oregon regulators will open a review into UnitedHealth Group’s proposed acquisition of