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Eileen Cook October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 HBPC, Rural Health, Rural Veterans, Veterans, Veterans Health care

VA launches offline mobile app to support HBPC teams in remote areas

(Source – news.va.gov) Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) teams now have a faster and more secure way to support Veterans in

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Eileen Cook October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Don’t overlook changes to your Medicare plan

The Medicare annual open enrollment is taking place now until December 7th. Each year, during this time, you can review

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Eileen Cook October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 AI, AI Scribe, Dragon Copilot

Microsoft’s AI scribe tops 17M patient encounters

(By: Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) Microsoft said its Dragon Copilot — which ambiently listens to patient visits and

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

Is a Medicare Advantage plan worth it?

Is having no monthly premium worth signing up for Medicare Advantage?  Some experts say no.  According to ATI Advisory, a

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Eileen Cook October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 AI, CMS, Digital Technology, medicare, Older Adults

Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Luddites

(Author: Drew Altman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 29, 2025) The conventional wisdom used to be that seniors

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Eileen Cook October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 ACA, ACA Subsidies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

ACA window-shopping rates go live: 6 things to know

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) The ACA marketplace’s open enrollment period kicks off on Nov. 1, but HealthCare.gov

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Eileen Cook October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 ACA, ACA Open Enrollment, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

8 Things to Watch for the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period

(Authors: Rayna Wallace, Jared Ortaliza, Matt McGough, Cynthia Cox, Emma Wager, Michelle Long, and Kaye Pestaina for The Kaiser Family

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Eileen Cook October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 ALZ-801, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Treatment, Older Adults

An Alzheimer’s pill appears to protect some in a high-risk population

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR published October 29, 2025) In April, the future was looking bleak for an experimental Alzheimer’s

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Eileen Cook October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 ACA, Health Insurance, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Provider Network

So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

(By Bram Sable-Smith for KFF Health News) Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from

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Eileen Cook October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Provider Network, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage Provider Networks Limit Enrollees to About Half of the Physicians in Their Area That Are Available to Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare, on Average

(Source – Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published October 27, 2025) With Medicare’s annual open enrollment period underway,

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