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Eileen Cook December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

5 Medicare Advantage changes coming in 2025

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage plans must comply with new network adequacy and health equity standards

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Medicaid

Eileen Cook December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 CMS, Healthcare redesign, HHS, Medicaid, Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State

(Source – The Kaiser Family Foundation published December 13, 2024) This page tracks approved and pending Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D

Outpatient pharmacy costs outpace total spend by 52%

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review) Historically viewed as cost centers, hospitals and health systems are increasingly identifying their

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

Eileen Cook December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare costs are going up next year

Like most things, Medicare costs are going up next year. Medicare Part A and Part B deductibles will increase, along

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 ACA, ACA Subsidies, Healthcare Finance, Lawmakers

Lawmakers weigh proposals to extend ACA subsidies: 5 notes

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) Enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at the end

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

Eileen Cook December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Spending was 27% More for People who Disenrolled from Medicare Advantage than for Similar People in Traditional Medicare

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Alex Cottrill, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 06, 2024)

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Anesthesia Reimbursement, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Anthem walks back anesthesia coverage policy after backlash

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has walked back a controversial policy capping the

Health Care Finance Legislative Update Telehealth

Eileen Cook December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 congress, Healthcare Providers, Telehealth

Health systems urge Congress to extend telehealth flexibilities

(By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nearly 80 healthcare organizations are calling on Congress to extend telehealth flexibilities established

Aging Health Care Finance Medicaid Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Medicaid payments vs. nursing home costs: 5 takeaways

(By Elizabeth Gregerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicaid payment rates given to the average nursing home covered about 82 cents

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

Eileen Cook November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

FAQs about the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

(Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 19, 2024) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act), signed