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Assisted Living Emerging Health Issues Health Care - General LTC Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 At-Risk Population, Healthcare Costs, Indoor Air Quality, LTC Facilities, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults

What’s Indoor Air Quality Like in Long-Term Care Facilities During Wildfires? Worse Than You’d Think.

(By Kylie Mohr for KFF Health News) Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Is a Medicare Advantage plan right for you?

More than half, or 51 percent, of eligible Medicare recipients enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. So, what makes Medicare

Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage

The state of Medicare Advantage, in one chart

(By Bob Herman for STAT published Jan. 16, 2024) Hospital leaders took pains to draw investors’ attention to their sizable

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Drug Prices, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, Price Hikes

What to know about January’s annual drug price hikes

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) Drug companies often increase prices at the start of the new year, and 2024 seems

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medigap

Eileen Cook January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medigap, Older Adults

Is Medigap worth the cost?

Medicare Supplemental Insurance, commonly referred to as Medigap, covers two out of ten Medicare recipients, according to the latest analysis

Aging Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, RSV Vaccine

RSV vaccines drove rising Medicare Advantage costs, UnitedHealth execs say

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) RSV vaccinations brought more older adults to their primary care offices in the

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook January 16, 2024January 16, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Flex Card, Older Adults

Did you hear about a Medicare Flex Card?

You may have heard the term Medicare Flex Card used in the recent Annual Open Enrollment, but what is it,

Artificial Intelligence Health Care - General Medical Technology Women's Health

Eileen Cook January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 AI, Healthcare Costs, Mamography, Medical Technology, Women's Health

Mammography AI Can Cost Patients Extra. Is It Worth It?

(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) As I checked in at a Manhattan radiology clinic for my annual mammogram

Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 Biosimilars drugs, Competition, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

What 5 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Recent research on Medicare Advantage has tracked competition in local markets and investigated

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 ACA, All Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, CBO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare

The CBO Report That Didn’t Roar

(By Drew Altman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 04, 2024) A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report in September