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Eileen Cook February 24, 2026February 24, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Special Needs Plans

Medicare Advantage Enrollment Grew by About 1 Million People, Mainly Due to Special Needs Plans

(Authors: Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Nancy Ochieng, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 23, 2026)

Health Care Finance Medicaid Rural Health

Eileen Cook February 24, 2026February 24, 2026 Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Rural Health, Rural Health Transformation Program

3 big questions surrounding the Rural Health Transformation Program

(By: Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) As funds begin flowing to states through the five-year, $50 billion Rural Health

CMS Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 Center for Program Integrity (CPI), CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid

What Newly Released Medicaid Data Do and Don’t Tell Us

(Authors: Alice Burns and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 20, 2026) The Centers for Medicare and

Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook February 19, 2026February 19, 2026 Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care

Medicaid Managed Care Reporting and Transparency: Managed Care Program Annual Reports

(Authors: Jada Raphael and Elizabeth Hinton for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 18, 2026) Comprehensive, capitated managed care is

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 ACA, Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Spending, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Hospital Spending Accounted for 40% of the Growth in National Health Spending Between 2022 and 2024

(Authors: Jamie Godwin, Zachary Levinson, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 11, 2026) National spending on

CMS Health Care Finance Medicaid Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 CMS, Extra Help, Healthcare Costs, Low-Income Subsidy Plan Availability, Medicaid, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

You may be eligible for Extra Help with Medicare Part D

Medicare Extra Help is a federal program that assists individuals with limited income and resources in paying for prescription drug

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 ACA, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, Price Transparency

Trump pitches healthcare policy outline aimed at lowering costs: 3 takeaways

(Jakob Emerson, Ella Jeffries, Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump released a sparsely detailed healthcare policy framework

Aging Caregiver CMS Disabled Dual Eligible Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 CMS, HCHBS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults

Medicaid Home Care (HCBS) in 2025

(Authors: Maiss Mohamed, Alice Burns, and Molly O’Malley Watts for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 5, 2026) Many older

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Medicaid Medicare - General

Gerry Hafer December 29, 2025December 29, 2025 Affordable Care Act, Inflation Reduction Act, Medicaid, medicare, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Looking at Medicare 2026: Cost Increases and Decreases

The implications of legislation enacted in recent years will have an impact in 2026, and it could be positive or

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement

8 things to know about Medicaid work requirements

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued a bulletin Dec. 8 outlining guidance on Medicaid’s forthcoming work requirements.