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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

CMS Health Care - General Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Arlene Sharp March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage

By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News on March 29, 2024 Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a

Aging Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Aging, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medical Care, medicare, Older Adults

The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in

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

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 CMS, Drugs for Weight Loss, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Ozempic

Gross Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Already Skyrocketing – Even Though Medicare Cannot Cover The Drugs for Weight Loss

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 23, 2024) A KFF analysis shows that gross total Medicare

Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Primary Care

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Commonwealth Fund, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Primary Care

3 ways Medicare Advantage affects primary care physicians

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) There are few statistically significant differences between the way primary care physicians treat

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicaid Medical Debt Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Price Transparency

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Price Transparency, Medicaid, medicare, Price Transparency

Gaps in Data About Hospital and Health System Finances Limit Transparency for Policymakers and Patients

(By Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, Gary Claxton, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 22,

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Primary Care

Eileen Cook March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 ACO, ACO Primary Care Flex Model, CMS, medicare, Older Adults, Primary Care

CMS adds new ACO model: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS will introduce a new payment model designed to spur innovation in primary