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What patients want from healthcare in 2024: Survey

(By Ashleigh Hollowell for Becker’s Hospital Review ) As healthcare changes, what patients need from providers and hospitals is changing

Eileen Cook June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, Telehealth, Virtual care services

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medical Debt

Biden administration announces a plan for removing medical debt from credit reports

(By Noam Levey for NPR) Americans would no longer have to worry about medical debts dragging down their credit scores

Eileen Cook June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Consumer Credit Reports, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medical debt

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage members spend over $2,500 less than traditional Medicare enrollees annually: Study

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage enrollees spend more than $2,500 less on healthcare costs on

Eileen Cook June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

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

Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for

Eileen Cook June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, independent pharmacies, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, PBM, The Inflation Reduction Act

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

How ACA Marketplace Premiums Changed by County in 2024

(By Jared Ortaliza, Justin Lo, Matt McGough, and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 06, 2024) Premiums

Eileen Cook June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 ACA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Marketplace Premiums

Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

D-SNP prior auth denial rates twice as high as all Medicare Advantage

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Dual-eligible special needs plan enrollees are twice as likely to have prior

Eileen Cook June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 CMS, D-SNP Prior Authorization Denial, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance

2024 Medical Loss Ratio Rebates

(By Jared Ortaliza and Cynthia Cox for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 05, 2024) The Medical Loss Ratio (MLR)

Eileen Cook June 6, 2024 ACA, Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Medical Loss Ratio Rebates

DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicaid

California to repay $52M spent on Medicaid for noncitizens

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) California improperly used $52.7 million in federal Medicaid funds to pay for

Eileen Cook June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 DHS-OIG, Medicaid, Noncitizens, nonemergency care

CMS Health Care Finance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare Advantage

SCAN beats CMS in Medicare Advantage star ratings lawsuit

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) SCAN Health Plan has won its lawsuit against CMS that claimed the

Eileen Cook June 5, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Older Adults

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

Weight loss drug coverage gets more complicated

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) In less than a month’s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss

Eileen Cook June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 CMS, GLP-1s drugs, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults