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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

Aging Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 19, 2024April 19, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Retiree Health Benefits

Retiree Health Benefits: Going, Going, Nearly Gone?

(By Tricia Neuman and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 12, 2024) Employer- and union-sponsored retiree health

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare Advantage Pandemic

Eileen Cook April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, pandemic

Medicare Advantage costs begin to stabilize, UnitedHealth says

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Rising medical cost trends aren’t going down, but they are stabilizing, UnitedHealth Group executives

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

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicaid Uninsured/Underinsured

Eileen Cook April 15, 2024April 15, 2024 ACA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Uninsured

Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say

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

Eileen Cook April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

CMS finalizes 2025 Medicare Advantage rule: 11 key updates

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued its final 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D rule April 4,

Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Arlene Sharp April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Insulin, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees

By Samantha Putterman, Politifact for KFF Health News on April 5, 2024 The cost of insulin in the United States

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,

Direct Primary/Concierge Care Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance

Eileen Cook April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 Concierge Physician Care, Direct Primary Care, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Nonprofit hospitals, Private Equity Ownership

Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices,