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Eileen Cook May 6, 2024May 6, 2024 CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage extra benefits, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage extras on the chopping block in 2025

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage insurers are planning to pare down their plan offerings in 2025.

CMS Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 application programming interfaces (APIs)., CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Older Adults, Prior Authorization

Final Prior Authorization Rules Look to Streamline the Process, but Issues Remain

(By Kaye Pestaina, Justin Lo, Rayna Wallace, and Michelle Long for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 02, 2024) As

Caregiver CMS Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicaid

Eileen Cook May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 Caregiver, CMS, Disabled, Healthcare Finance, Home-based care, Medicaid, Medicaid HCBS program, Older Adults

New Medicaid rule expected to lower wait times for home-based care, raise caregiver wages

(By Timmy Broderick for STAT) Caregivers for older adults and people with disabilities could see a bump in their wages

Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Nursing Homes Part D/Prescription Drugs Women's Health

Eileen Cook May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 Alzheimer's Disease, CMS, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Women's Health

10 Key Facts About Women with Medicare

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Michelle Long, Nancy Ochieng, Tricia Neuman, and Alina Salganicoff for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published:

CMS Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 CMS, FDA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Reduce Heart Risk, Semaglutide, Wegovy

An Estimated 1 in 4 Medicare Beneficiaries With Obesity or Overweight Could Be Eligible for Medicare Coverage of Wegovy, an Anti-Obesity Drug, to Reduce Heart Risk

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published April 24, 2024) In a new analysis, KFF finds that 3.6

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Arlene Sharp April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Untangling The Multiple Parts Of Medicare

Published by 1A on April 24, 2024 for NPR When we began our retirement series a couple months ago, there

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General

Arlene Sharp April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 chronic illness, CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare

Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem — Chronic Illness

By Phil Galewitz on April 24, 2024 for KFF Health News Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage

Humana plans to leave some Medicare Advantage markets in 2025

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Humana expects to exit Medicare Advantage markets in 2025, company executives told investors.

Aging CMS FDA Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 CMS, FDA, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Obesity, Older Adults, Ozempic, Wegovy

A New Use for Wegovy Opens the Door to Medicare Coverage for Millions of People with Obesity

(By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Nolan Sroczynski, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 24, 2024) The

Aging Alzheimer's/Dementia CMS Nursing Homes

Eileen Cook April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Staffing Mandates

Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them.

(By Jordan Rau for KFF Health News) The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands