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CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Flex Card, Older Adults

Did you hear about a Medicare Flex Card?

You may have heard the term Medicare Flex Card used in the recent Annual Open Enrollment, but what is it,

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Medicare Part D, Terminated Medicare Advantage plans

4 Medicare Advantage contracts recently terminated by CMS

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS uses star ratings to determine the quality of Medicare Advantage and Part

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 ACA, All Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, CBO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare

The CBO Report That Didn’t Roar

(By Drew Altman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 04, 2024) A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report in September

Aging Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap

Eileen Cook January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medigap, Older Adults

Older Americans say they feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for NPR) In 2016, Richard Timmins went to a free informational seminar to learn more about

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, AHEAD, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Hospitals, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mediciad

What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ New AHEAD Model?

(By Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 02, 2024) In September 2023, the Centers for Medicare and

CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Eileen Cook January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 CMS, medicare, Mental Health, Older Adults

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here’s how

(By Juana Summers, Avery Keatley, and Sarah Handel for NPR) Starting Jan. 1, the more than 65 million Americans who

CMS LTC Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 CMS, Long-term Care, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Senate

Senators concerned Medicare Advantage plans deny long-term care

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A pair of senators are asking CMS to require Medicare Advantage plans to

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

Eileen Cook December 28, 2023December 28, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare changes for the new year

January 1st is just around the corner, and many things will change, including Medicare. If you are a Medicare beneficiary

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment period, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment starts soon

Annual Medicare Open Enrollment has closed now, so it is time for Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment. What is Medicare Advantage

Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance LTC Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 Healthcare Affordability, Healthcare Costs, High Deductible, LTC Costs, medicare

Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs

(By Lunna Lopes, Marley Presiado, and Liz Hamel for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 21, 2023) For many years,