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Aging Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Aging, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medical Care, medicare, Older Adults

The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in

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

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 CMS, Drugs for Weight Loss, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Ozempic

Gross Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Already Skyrocketing – Even Though Medicare Cannot Cover The Drugs for Weight Loss

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 23, 2024) A KFF analysis shows that gross total Medicare

Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Primary Care

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Commonwealth Fund, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Primary Care

3 ways Medicare Advantage affects primary care physicians

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) There are few statistically significant differences between the way primary care physicians treat

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicaid Medical Debt Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Price Transparency

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Price Transparency, Medicaid, medicare, Price Transparency

Gaps in Data About Hospital and Health System Finances Limit Transparency for Policymakers and Patients

(By Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, Gary Claxton, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 22,

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Primary Care

Eileen Cook March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 ACO, ACO Primary Care Flex Model, CMS, medicare, Older Adults, Primary Care

CMS adds new ACO model: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS will introduce a new payment model designed to spur innovation in primary

CMS Cybersecurity Illegal Activities Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Change Attack, CMS, Cybersecurity, Medicaid, medicare

Change attack update: What 15 payers discussed with the Biden administration

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fifteen insurers and trade groups met with Biden administration officials March 18 to

Aging Health Care Finance Medicare - General Primary Care

Eileen Cook March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Geriatrician Shortage, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults

8 notes on the nation’s geriatrician shortage and what’s driving it

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) Adults 65 and older account for nearly half of hospital admissions, and while

Aging CMS Dental/Oral Health DME Health Care - General Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 Dental, Healthcare Costs, Hearing Aids, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Vision care, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Out-of-pocket costs

Medicare Households Spend More on Health Care Than Other Households

(By Nancy Ochieng, Juliette Cubanski, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 14, 2024) Medicare provides health

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, medicare, Medicare Advantage

MedPAC: Medicare Advantage needs major overhaul — now

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission called for a “major overhaul” of Medicare

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Telehealth

Eileen Cook March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 CMS, COVID, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth services

Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom

(By Phil Galewitz and Holly K. Hacker for KFF Health News) Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6