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The CBO Report That Didn’t Roar

(By Drew Altman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 04, 2024) A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report in September

Eileen Cook January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 ACA, All Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, CBO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare

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What is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ New AHEAD Model?

(By Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 02, 2024) In September 2023, the Centers for Medicare and

Eileen Cook January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development, AHEAD, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Hospitals, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mediciad

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Price Transparency

New payer price transparency rules take effect in 2024

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) New requirements for payers under CMS’ Transparency in Coverage rule took effect

Eileen Cook January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 Allowed Amounts, Billed Charges, CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare redesign, Price Transparency

CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here’s how

(By Juana Summers, Avery Keatley, and Sarah Handel for NPR) Starting Jan. 1, the more than 65 million Americans who

Eileen Cook January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 CMS, medicare, Mental Health, Older Adults

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Best Buy Health plans bigger healthcare presence in 2024

(By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Best Buy Health became a major player in healthcare over the last

Eileen Cook December 29, 2023December 28, 2023 Best Buy Health, In-home Services, Virtual Care

CMS Health Care Redesign Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Medicare expanding coverage

Congress has approved an expansion of mental health providers covered under the Medicare program. As of January 1, 2024, Medicare

Eileen Cook December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 CMS, medicare, Mental Health Providers, Older Adults

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How Elevance Health plans to integrate ‘food as medicine’ across its lines of business

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) In June, Elevance Health named Kofi Essel, MD, as its first food

Eileen Cook December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 Food as medicine, Food Insecurity

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

The New Help for Medicare Beneficiaries with High Drug Costs That Few Seem to Know About

(By Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 12, 2023) The Inflation Reduction Act of

Eileen Cook December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Out-of-pocket prescription costs

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medical Debt Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

3 Inflation Reduction Act Medicare changes taking effect in 2024

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The federal government will cap drug copays and premiums for Medicare beneficiaries

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 CMS, Drug price Transparency, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Insulin Cost-sharing, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package

(By Rachel Cohrs for ST A T) WASHINGTON — The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday,

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM, Price Transparency, Site Neutral Policy