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Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 Default Enrollment, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

5 Questions About the Idea of Default Enrollment into Medicare Advantage Plans

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 29, 2025)

Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

The difference in care between Medicare and Medicare Advantage members

With the increasing enrollment by Medicare recipients in Medicare Advantage health plans and the issue of prior authorization requirements and

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General Women’s Health

Eileen Cook April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 ACA, CMS, Health Insurance, Medicaid, medicare, Women’s Health

Coverage of Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Services

(Source - The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 24, 2025) Among women in the United States, breast cancer is the

Aging CMS Health Care - General Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook April 25, 2025 CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults, PACE organizations

CMS fines 3 PACE organizations

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) On April 11, CMS fined three PACE organizations for failing to meet

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Rural Health

Eileen Cook April 24, 2025April 24, 2025 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Rural Health

Stand-Alone Drug Plans Cover a Larger Share of Medicare Part D Enrollees Living in the Most Rural Areas Than Medicare Advantage Plans

(By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 23, 2025) The growing role

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

Eileen Cook April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 CMS, FDA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Small Molecule Drugs

The Effect of Delaying the Selection of Small Molecule Drugs for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

(By Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 16, 2025) President Trump has just signed

Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Rural Health

Eileen Cook April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Rural Health, Rural Hospitals

10 Things to Know About Rural Hospitals

(By Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 16, 2025) The

Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D

Trump signs executive action to lower drug prices

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) President Trump signed an executive action Tuesday intended to lower prescription drug prices for Americans.

CMS Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services LTC Medicare - General

Eileen Cook April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Hospice, Inpatient Rehabilitation, LTC, medicare, Psychiatric Hospitals

CMS drops 5 proposed payment rules for 2026: 25 things to know

(By: Alan Condon for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS has released proposed payment rules for inpatient and long-term care hospitals,

Medicare - General Rural Health

Eileen Cook April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 medicare, Older Adults, Rural Health

Most People in the Most Rural Counties Get Medicare Coverage from Traditional Medicare

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 10, 2025)