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Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook October 12, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

6 health systems launching Medicare Advantage plans

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Some health systems may be dropping patients with Medicare Advantage plans, but others

Caregiver Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 CHAMPVA, CLFMP, CWVV, SBHCBP, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Veterans' Family Members

VA provides care to eligible Veterans’ family members

(Source – news.va.gov) Did you know some Veterans and their family members have access to VA-covered care through several special

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)Artificial Intelligence CMS HHS Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 AI, Claims Denials and Appeals, CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Medicare Part D

Lawmakers are scrutinizing managed care

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Federal lawmakers have been probing payers on a variety of issues in recent

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare

Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 ACA, Health Insurance Premiums, Health Insurance Subsidies, Healthcare Costs

Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies

(Source – The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 06, 2023) Health insurance is expensive and can be hard to afford

Mental Health/Behavioral Health Telehealth Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 Suicide Prevention 2.0 Clinical Telehealth program, Telehealth, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Veterans Suicides

VA telehealth helps Veterans get suicide prevention treatment

(Source – news.va.gov) Preventing Veteran suicide is VA’s top clinical priority. VA is here to provide help and support for

Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare marketing complaints increase

Medicare’s open enrollment season is upon us, with the barrage of television commercials, tons of junk mail, and other forms

Eileen Cook October 9, 2023October 6, 2023

Columbus Day Observed Today

AMAC Foundation employees are off this day and thus Medicare Report will return tomorrow with our regular content.

DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 DHS -Office of Inspector General, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Overpayments

OIG: Aetna received estimated $25.5M in Medicare Advantage overpayments

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Aetna received $632,070 in overpayments for Medicare Advantage claims from 2015 to 2016,

Aging CMS Legislative Update Medicare - General Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 medicare, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

(By Tara Bannow for STAT) Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan