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Aging Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Eileen Cook July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mental Health, Older Adults

Access to mental health under Medicare

Medicare does not cover all healthcare services for older adults; however, one area of healthcare that is particularly challenging to

Illegal Activities Medical Identity Fraud Medicare - General Medicare Fraud; Illegal Activities

Eileen Cook July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 CMS, Fraud, Justice Department, Medicaid, medicare

Feds unveil largest healthcare fraud takedown: $14.6B in alleged schemes, 324 charged

(By: Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Justice Department, through its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown investigation,

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Waste, Older Adults, WISeR Model

CMS Launches New Model to Target Wasteful, Inappropriate Services in Original Medicare

(Source - www.cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing a new Innovation Center model aimed at

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Aging Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

What Could the Health-Related Provisions in the Reconciliation Bill Mean for Older Adults?

(By Tricia Neuman, Alice Burns, Justin Lo, and Matthew Rae for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 26, 2025) The

Aging Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Dual Eligible Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 CBO, Dual Eligibles, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults

Seven Million People with Medicare Spend More Than 10% of Income on Part B Premiums – The Reconciliation Bill Could Drive the Number Higher

(By Alex Cottrill, Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Karen Smith for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 23, 2025) Most

Employer Healthcare Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Older Adults

Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 ACA, CMS, Healthcare Finance, HR 3911, medicare, Medicare Part E

Medicare Part E (H.R. 3911)

Reps. Jimmy Gomez, D-CA, and Don Beyer, D-VA, introduced the Choose Medicare Act (H.R. 3911). This bill would establish a

Aging Medicaid Medicare - General Rural Health

Eileen Cook June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults, Rural Health

Key Facts About Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Areas

(By Nancy Ochieng, Alex Cottrill, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 11, 2025) Over

Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook June 10, 2025June 10, 2025 medicare, Medicare Waste, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Senate

Medicare Waste is Rightly Back on the Table

(Source - Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget) The Senate is reportedly exploring options to reduce Medicare waste, fraud, and