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Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legal Actions/Court Decisions Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

All in: Drugmakers say yes, they’ll negotiate with Medicare on price, so reluctantly

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) For the first time, Medicare is beginning to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs. Despite

Eileen Cook October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act., Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Health Care Redesign Rural Health

What Mobile Clinics in Dollar General Parking Lots Say About Health Care in Rural America

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF Health News) CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — On a hot July morning, customers at the Dollar

Eileen Cook October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 DocGo, Dollar General, Healthcare redesign, Rural Health

Health Care Redesign Medicare Advantage

Instacart, Alignment to launch co-branded Medicare Advantage plan

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a co-branded Medicare Advantage plan next

Eileen Cook October 3, 2023 Alignment Healthcare, Instacart, Medicare Advantage

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

How Medicare’s New Drug Price Negotiation Program Could Expand Access to Selected Drugs

(By Juliette Cubanski, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 26, 2023) Medicare recently announced

Eileen Cook September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

AHIP backs legislation expanding Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Two lawmakers are introducing legislation that would expand the scope of supplemental

Eileen Cook September 22, 2023September 22, 2023 Healthcare redesign, Legislation, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Supplemental benefits, Whole Health in Medicare Advantage Act

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Part D/Prescription Drugs

How the drug price negotiation program could affect Medicare Part D beneficiaries

By Mariana Socal for ST A T) After the recent announcement of the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price

Eileen Cook September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance HHS

Biden administration gives $245M to Colorado reinsurance, public option programs

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) HHS and the Treasury Department are providing $245 million in funding to

Eileen Cook September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 ACA, Colorado reinsurance, Healthcare Finance, HHS, Public Option

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Part D/Prescription Drugs

GoodRx launches patient insurance check tool for providers

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) GoodRx has launched a new feature that allows providers to check a

Eileen Cook September 1, 2023September 5, 2023 Drug costs, GoodRx

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

5 Things to Know About the New Drug Pricing Negotiations

(By Arthur Allen, Rachana Pradhan, and David Hilzenrath for KFF Health News) The Biden administration has picked the first 10

Eileen Cook August 31, 2023September 5, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D