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High-Quality Care for Medicare Beneficiaries Continues as Medicare Health and Drug Plans Receive Star Ratings

(Source – www.cms.gov/newsroom) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare beneficiaries will continue to have access

Walmart Insurance Services will start selling Medicare plans during this year’s annual enrollment period. They will sell Medicare Advantage, Medicare

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Dexamethasone, the steroid drug President Donald Trump was recently prescribed to treat COVID-19,

Hopefully by now you should have received your Medicare Advantage or Part D drug plans Annual Notice of Changes (ANOC).

Medicare has multiple parts and depending on the part(s) of Medicare you have; you may have a monthly premium(s) you’ll

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the U.S., and Massachusetts has the

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Older adults are especially vulnerable physically during the coronavirus pandemic. But they’re also

Many seniors and non-seniors assume that Medicare covers long-term care, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, Medicare

If you have original or traditional Medicare, generally Medicare doesn’t require referrals, but under certain situations may require a specific

(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women. Getting your yearly mammogram is the best