Merit Incentive Payment System
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, also known as MACRA, is replacing the way Medicare reimburses physicians for
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Medicare – General
Medicare Supplement vs Medicare Advantage
In Toni King’s column, he explains the difference between a Medicare Supplement and a Medicare Advantage PPO plan. Read column
Read MoreBackground Information on Medicare Plans to Help You Make a Choice
In Karen Tellen-Lawton’s column, she gives a little background information on Medicare in effort to help the reader to understand
Read MoreTrump, GOP In Congress Could Use “Must-Pass” Bills To Bring Health Changes
(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) Throughout the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump’s entire health message consisted of promising to
Read MoreHow Could a New Administration Tackle Affordable Care Act Challenges? Look to Medicare
(By Sabrina Corlette and Jack Hoadley for Health Affairs Blog, November 7, 2016) We’re experiencing another round of bad headlines
Read MoreCourt Blocks New Nursing Home Rule From Taking Effect
(By Rebecca Hersher for NPR) A federal district court in Mississippi has issued an injunction blocking a new rule that
Read MoreCMS makes offer to clear Medicare appeals backlog: 6 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) In an effort to help clear the backlog of Medicare appeals, CMS has
Read MoreThis drug discount program is good for Americans. But pharma wants to gut it
(By Ted Slafsky for STAT) Sticker shock over the cost of drugs isn’t going away any time soon. Drug prices
Read MoreReview the Plan’s Copays and Coinsurance
There is more to a plan than simply its premiums; it’s the additional expenses, such as copays, coinsurance and formulary
Read MoreOnly 72 Percent of Primary Care Physicians are Accepting New Medicare Patients
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation and Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians who accept Medicare found, 93 percent
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