Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Latest:

Joint Commission, AHA create cyber resilience program
Veterans get real about their mental health journeys
Health insurers’ ‘direct-to-consumer’ push: 5 notes
Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program Enhance Some Consumer Protections But Roll Back Others
How to get suicide crisis care now, even if not in VA care

Home
About
- AMAC Foundation
What is medicare?
Enrolling in Medicare
Medicare History
- Medicare’s Major Milestones
COVID-19 Information

CMS

Eileen Cook May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 CMS, Direct-to-consumer, Health Insurers, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Health insurers’ ‘direct-to-consumer’ push: 5 notes

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Healthcare more broadly has been focused on reaching consumers where they are at.

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program Enhance Some Consumer Protections But Roll Back Others

(Authors: Meredith Freed, Alex Cottrill, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 1, 2026)

CMS Consumer Data

Eileen Cook May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 CMS, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Provider Directory

CMS’ Medicare provider directory released Social Security numbers: Washington Post

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) A publicly accessible database powering CMS’ Medicare Advantage provider directory exposed Social Security

CMS DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicare - General Virtual Reality

Eileen Cook April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, HHS Inspector General's Office Audit, medicare, Virtual Care

CMS may have improperly paid $2.26M for virtual services: Audit

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS’ Office of Inspector General found CMS may have improperly paid more than

CMS Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 BALANCE, CMS, GLP-1, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D

CMS Extends Medicare’s Short-Term Bridge Program for GLP-1 Obesity Drug Coverage

(By Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation published April 23, 2026) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap

Eileen Cook April 23, 2026April 23, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medigap, Older Adults

Medigap Premiums Leap, and Consumers Have Few Alternatives

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) After decades of selling insurance, Illinois-based broker John Jaggi had never seen anything

CMS Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 BALANCE, CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D

CMS pauses weight-loss BALANCE model for Medicare

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is holding off on its voluntary “Better Approaches to Lifestyle and Nutrition

CMS Health Care Finance

Eileen Cook April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare

CMS’ proposed pay bump inadequate, hospitals say

(By: Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS on April 10 proposed a 2.4% pay increase for hospitals under the

CMS Health Insurance Medigap

Eileen Cook April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 CMS, Medigap, Older Adults

Medicare supplement enrollment increased in 2024: AHIP

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare supplement enrollment grew 1.3% between 2023 and 2024, according to an April

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

9 Medicare Advantage numbers to know in 2026

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission insights, Congressional reports and enrollment data have all been

← Previous