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CMS Health Care Finance HHS Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, HHS, Lawsuit, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Medicare Part D

CMS faces another challenge of Medicare Advantage star ratings methodology

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A Medicare Advantage insurer facing termination of one of its contracts from the

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Telehealth

Eileen Cook March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 CMS, COVID, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth services

Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom

(By Phil Galewitz and Holly K. Hacker for KFF Health News) Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Redesign HHS Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 CMS, Delivering Unified Access to Lifesaving Services Act of 2024, Dual-Eligible, HHS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Senators eye dual-eligible changes: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A bipartisan group of senators is introducing legislation to require states to offer

Cybersecurity Health Insurance HHS Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 Cyberattack, Health Insurance, HHS, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Prior Authorization

AHIP, HHS diverge on relaxing prior authorization after Change attack

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Suspending prior authorization requirements as providers continue to to face disruptions from the

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

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Legislative Update Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 CMS, Nursing Home Staff Minimums, Nursing Homes, Older Adults

Why the debate over proposed nursing home staff minimums is particularly unproductive

(By David C. Grabowski and David G. Stevenson for STAT) The Biden administration’s proposed minimum staffing standard is likely the

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, The Inflation Reduction Act

3 Charts About Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

(Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published January 31, 2024) Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the federal government for

Food Insecurity Health Care Redesign HHS

Eileen Cook February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 Food as medicine, Food Insecurity, Healthcare redesign, HHS, Instacart

HHS, Instacart partner

(By Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) Instacart has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 CMS, HHS, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

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

(By Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 31, 2024) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act),

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