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Artificial Intelligence CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook February 19, 2025February 19, 2025 artificial intelligence algorithm, CMS, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage in the headlines: 7 updates

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage insurers are navigating headwinds in 2025, and new data shows prior

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

Eileen Cook February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Turmoil in the privatized version of Medicare

Humana, Inc., has reported $1.2 billion in 2024 profits, which included a $693 million fourth-quarter loss as the health insurer

Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 Employer Health Insurance, Food-as-Medicine, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Elevance Health’s food-as-medicine roadmap: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Elevance Health has more than 60 food-as-medicine programs across its health plans, according

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment period, Older Adults

You may want to switch plans if you were unhappy

The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period runs from January 1 to March 31 each year. It allows Medicare Advantage members

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

Eileen Cook January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

What are the Medicare Part D changes in 2025?

On July 30, 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill that led to the creation of the Medicare

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage

Trade groups urge pause on sweeping Medicare Advantage rules

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) An organization representing Medicare Advantage insurers is asking CMS to pause any policy

Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 Medicare Advantage, Prior Authorization

Medicare Advantage Insurers Made Nearly 50 Million Prior Authorization Determinations in 2023

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Nolan Sroczynski, Meredith Freed, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 28, 2025)

Dental/Oral Health Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 Dental Care, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Unmet dental needs of Medicare Advantage members

According to a recently published study in the JAMA Health Forum, Medicare Advantage dental plans may create barriers to dental

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

Eileen Cook January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

This 2025 Medicare Change could reduce out-of-pocket expenses

Medicare changes every year, and 2025 was no exception. Although those changes usually involve higher premiums and deductibles for recipients,