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Health Care Redesign

Eileen Cook March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 For-Profit Nursing Homes, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Investor Groups, Nonprofit Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Quality of Care

Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes

(By Harris Meyer for KFF Health News) Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Dental/Oral Health Employer Healthcare Health Care Redesign Health Insurance HHS Medicare - General

Eileen Cook March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 ACA, Dental Care, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, HHS

Access to Adult Dental Care Gets Renewed Focus in ACA Marketplace Proposal

(By Rayna Wallace, Michelle Long, and Kaye Pestaina for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 08, 2024) The 2023 KFF

Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Prior Authorization

Part D plans ramp up prior authorization

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Part D plans have ramped up restrictions on prescription drugs since 2011,

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

Biden to propose expanding Medicare drug price negotiation in State of the Union

(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s new drug

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Redesign Medicaid

Eileen Cook March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 CMS, Health-Related Social Needs, Housing Support, Medicaid, Nutrition Supports, Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Watch: A Closer Look at Recent Approvals to Address Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN)

(By Elizabeth Hinton and Amaya Diana for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 04, 2024) In December 2022, the Centers

Artificial Intelligence Health Care Redesign

Eileen Cook March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 AI Initiatives, Chatbot, One Medical

Amazon training chatbot for healthcare: Report

(By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) Amazon is training an AI chatbot to handle incoming patient messages and address

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medical Debt Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare redesign, Medical debt

With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help

(By Noam N. Levey for KFF Health News) When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer

Health Care Redesign Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Supplemental benefits, Online Shopping, Walgreens

Walgreens to offer online shopping with Medicare Advantage benefits

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walgreens will allow Medicare Advantage members to purchase products using supplemental benefits online.

Food Insecurity Health Care - General Health Care Redesign Health Insurance