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Eileen Cook August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Higher Utilization, Medicare Advantage

CVS Health, Humana bracing for rising Medicare Advantage costs to continue

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Higher utilization is putting pressure on Medicare Advantage medical cost ratios and

Health Care - General Health Care Finance

Eileen Cook August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 CVS Health, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Facilities, Oak Street Health clinics

CVS Health to cut up to $800M in costs, build 50 more Oak Street clinics

(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CVS Health is looking to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, CMS, Donanemab, Dual Eligible, FDA, Lecanemab Drug, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

The Real Costs of the New Alzheimer’s Drug, Most of Which Will Fall to Taxpayers

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely

CMS Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Part D

CMS projects slightly lower Medicare Part D premiums in 2024

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS is projecting Medicare Part D premiums to decrease by 1.8 percent

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

Eileen Cook July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Big Pharma, CMS, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

What’s a fair price for a prescription drug? Medicare’s about to weigh in

(By Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein for NPR) Drugmakers around the globe are bracing for a major shakeup in how

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

Eileen Cook July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Key Facts About Medicare Part D Enrollment and Costs in 2023

(By Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jul 26, 2023) The Medicare Part D program provides

DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicaid

Eileen Cook July 26, 2023 Capitation Payments, DHS -Office of Inspector General, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Virginia

Virginia paid $21.8M for care for Medicaid enrollees that had already died, OIG audit finds

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Virginia made capitation payments for thousands of Medicaid enrollees after their deaths,

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook July 25, 2023July 25, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Costs

What 8 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Recent studies have uncovered differences between networks, beneficiary characteristics and medications prescribed

Health Care Finance Price Transparency

Eileen Cook July 24, 2023 Compliance, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Price Transparency

36% of hospitals complying with price transparency rule, survey finds

(By Alan Condon for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A PatientRightsAdvocate.org report published July 20 found that only 721 (36 percent)

DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 HHS Inspector General’s Office Audit, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Overpayments, Upcoding

5 Medicare Advantage plans audited for upcoding in 2023

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Audits from HHS’ Office of Inspector General published in the first half