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CMS urges Medicare Advantage plans to relax some prior authorization requirements

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is encouraging all Medicare Advantage organizations and Medicare-Medicaid plans to waive or relax

(By Helen Branswell and Andrew Joseph for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several

(Source – blogs.va.gov) It’s a topic people don’t like to talk about: every person dies. Despite the inevitable, there are

Medicare, unlike many private health insurance plans, Medicare Part D has no out-of-pocket limit on prescription drug costs each year.

(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) General Motors allowed 24,000 employees to opt in to a direct contracting agreement with

(By Amitha Kalaichandran for STAT) Her husband collapsed just before reaching the top of the stairs in their small one-bedroom

(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland’s Connecticut nursing home last year, she and

(By Rachana Pradhan for Kaiser Health News) The Biden administration’s plans to make covid-19 booster shots available next month has

(By Jared Ortaliza, Matthew Rae, Krutika Amin, Matthew McGough, and Cynthia Cox for Kaiser Family Foundation published August 19, 2021)