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Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Nursing Homes Part D/Prescription Drugs Women's Health

Eileen Cook May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Alzheimer's Disease, CMS, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Women's Health

10 Key Facts About Women with Medicare

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Michelle Long, Nancy Ochieng, Tricia Neuman, and Alina Salganicoff for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published:

CMS Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 CMS, FDA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Reduce Heart Risk, Semaglutide, Wegovy

An Estimated 1 in 4 Medicare Beneficiaries With Obesity or Overweight Could Be Eligible for Medicare Coverage of Wegovy, an Anti-Obesity Drug, to Reduce Heart Risk

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published April 24, 2024) In a new analysis, KFF finds that 3.6

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Arlene Sharp April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Untangling The Multiple Parts Of Medicare

Published by 1A on April 24, 2024 for NPR When we began our retirement series a couple months ago, there

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General

Arlene Sharp April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 chronic illness, CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare

Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem — Chronic Illness

By Phil Galewitz on April 24, 2024 for KFF Health News Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to

Aging CMS FDA Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 CMS, FDA, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Older Adults, Ozempic, Wegovy

A New Use for Wegovy Opens the Door to Medicare Coverage for Millions of People with Obesity

(By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Nolan Sroczynski, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 24, 2024) The

Aging Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Retiree Health Benefits

Retiree Health Benefits: Going, Going, Nearly Gone?

(By Tricia Neuman and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 12, 2024) Employer- and union-sponsored retiree health

Aging CMS Medicare - General Primary Care Telehealth

Eileen Cook April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults, Primary Care

Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors

(By Phil Galewitz and Holly K. Hacker for NPR) Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Price Transparency, Prior Authorization

Gaps in Medicare Advantage Data Remain Despite CMS Actions to Increase Transparency

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 10, 2024) The Centers

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

Eileen Cook April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Benchmark, Medicare Advantage Utilization, Medicare FFS cost trends, Medicare Part D

Why higher Medicare Advantage utilization wasn’t reflected in 2025 rates

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has finalized a slight decrease in Medicare Advantage benchmark payments for 2025,

CMS HHS Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Eileen Cook April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Behavioral Health, CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mental Health

Mental health care is hard to find, especially for people with Medicare or Medicaid

(By Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR) With rates of suicide and opioid deaths rising in the past decade and children’s mental