Medicare payment tool may disadvantage rural patients
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) A Medicare tool for adjusting risk underpredicts mortality and overpredicts spending for rural
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More People Are Caring for Dying Loved Ones at Home. A New Orleans Nonprofit Is Showing Them How.
(By Halle Parker, Verite News published by KFF Health News) Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care
Read MoreNavigating care in the community
(Source – news.va.gov) Getting the care you need is easier than ever Veterans referred by VA to community care for
Read MoreThe New ACA Repeal and Replace: Health Savings Accounts
(Authors: Larry Levitt and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 21, 2025) If enhanced premium tax credits
Read MoreCMS ups hospital outpatient rates 2.6%, expands site-neutral payments in 2026: 14 notes
(By Laura Dyrda and Alan Condon for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS on Nov. 21 finalized its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
Read MoreChart Reviews Increase Payments to Medicare Advantage Insurers for 1 in 6 Enrollees
(Authors: Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 20, 2025) Federal payments
Read MoreThe unbreakable link: Veteran peer support as a lifeline
(Source – news.va.gov) Because sometimes the best support comes from a peer Everyone, including Veterans, faces challenges. Sometimes these challenges
Read MoreAfter Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.
(By Lauren Sausser for KFF Health News) For nearly three years, Eric Tennant endured chemotherapy infusions, rounds of radiation, biopsies,
Read MoreCheck in—even when a Veteran says they’re fine
(Source – news.va.gov) Reaching out and showing them you care can be lifesaving You’ve probably heard the saying, “Don’t judge
Read MoreEmployers could grapple with +$18.5K in health insurance costs per person in 2026
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Employers can expect a 6.7% increase in total health benefit costs in 2026
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