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Eileen Cook October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D

Medicare Enrollees Can Switch Coverage Now. Here’s What’s New and What to Consider

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots

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

Eileen Cook October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, IRMAA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

2024 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles

(Source – cms.gov) On October 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 premiums, deductibles,

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)Artificial Intelligence CMS HHS Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 AI, Claims Denials and Appeals, CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Medicare Part D

Lawmakers are scrutinizing managed care

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Federal lawmakers have been probing payers on a variety of issues in recent

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare

Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after

Aging CMS Legislative Update Medicare - General Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 medicare, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

(By Tara Bannow for STAT) Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan

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

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Vaccines

The Inflation Reduction Act’s big vaccine changes

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 changed the vaccination coverage -plus reduced the cost of receiving those vaccines for

Aging CMS Medicare Advantage Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 algorithm, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, naviHealth, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 ACA, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Congressional Budget Office, medicare

CMS innovation center did not save money in its 1st decade: CBO

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The CMS innovation center tasked with creating innovative payment models cost the government

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

Eileen Cook September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

How Medicare’s New Drug Price Negotiation Program Could Expand Access to Selected Drugs

(By Juliette Cubanski, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 26, 2023) Medicare recently announced

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Increase in Medicare Advantage premiums, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Medicare Advantage premiums to remain stable in 2024

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D premiums, benefits and plan choices won’t be