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Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign

Eileen Cook December 20, 2024 Federal Spending, Hospital at Home

The popular ‘hospital-at-home’ effort is at stake in the federal spending battle

By Craig LeMoult for NPR) Shane McMahon arrived at a home in Walpole, Massachusetts carrying a bag of medical equipment.

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicaid Uninsured/Underinsured

Eileen Cook December 19, 2024 ACA, Medicaid, Uninsured

Key Facts about the Uninsured Population

(By Jennifer Tolbert, Sammy Cervantes, Clea Bell, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 18, 2024) The

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Part D/Prescription Drugs PBM’s

Eileen Cook December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D, PBM Industry

How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) Ann Lewandowski knows all about pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, the companies that

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

5 Medicare Advantage changes coming in 2025

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage plans must comply with new network adequacy and health equity

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Medicaid

Eileen Cook December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 CMS, Healthcare redesign, HHS, Medicaid, Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State

(Source - The Kaiser Family Foundation published December 13, 2024) This page tracks approved and pending Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D

Outpatient pharmacy costs outpace total spend by 52%

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Historically viewed as cost centers, hospitals and health systems are increasingly identifying

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

Eileen Cook December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare costs are going up next year

Like most things, Medicare costs are going up next year. Medicare Part A and Part B deductibles will increase, along

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 ACA, ACA Subsidies, Healthcare Finance, Lawmakers

Lawmakers weigh proposals to extend ACA subsidies: 5 notes

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at

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

Eileen Cook December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Spending was 27% More for People who Disenrolled from Medicare Advantage than for Similar People in Traditional Medicare

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Alex Cottrill, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 06, 2024)

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Eileen Cook December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Anesthesia Reimbursement, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

Anthem walks back anesthesia coverage policy after backlash

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has walked back a controversial policy capping