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CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage plans are not for everyone

There are many advantages to selecting a Medicare Advantage plan over traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage plans have a limit on

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Healthcare Finance, Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Insolvency, Medicare Utilization

Medicare solvency would be extended 17 years under Medicare Advantage utilization rates: Study

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would be solvent until 2048 if traditional Medicare

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Improper Payments, Medicare Advantage

CMS: Medicare Advantage received $16.6B in improper payments in 2023

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS paid Medicare Advantage organizations an estimated $16.6 billion in overpayments in fiscal

CMS Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads

Medicare Advantage ads still under CMS scrutiny

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) From October to December, airwaves are flooded with advertisements for Medicare Advantage plans,

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 CMS, Compensation, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Primary Care, Primary Care Shortage

Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage

(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians

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

Eileen Cook November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 Clawed Back Fee, CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM Industry, Performance Fees

Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit

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

Eileen Cook November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D

It pays to review your choices

We are almost a month into Medicare Open Enrollment for 2024; have you reviewed other plans yet? If you are

CMS DHS -OIG Health Care Finance HHS Medicare Advantage Medicare Fraud; Illegal Activities

Eileen Cook November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 CMS, DHS -Office of Inspector General, False Claims Act, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage

Feds ramp up Medicare Advantage scrutiny

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The federal government is ramping up scrutiny of Medicare Advantage plans. In October,

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

Eileen Cook November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 CMS, HIV Prevention Drugs, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

US to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs for Older Americans to Stem Spread of the Virus

(By Michael Scaturro for KFF Health News) A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by

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