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

Eileen Cook September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Allowing Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices Remains Broadly Popular Among Voters, Though Most Are Unaware of the Law and Its Projected Savings

(By Craig Paloskey for The Kaiser Family Foundation published September 13, 2024) Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices on behalf

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus payments, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payments Will Total at Least $11.8 Billion in 2024

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 11, 2024)

Dual Eligible Health Care - General Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 Dual Eligibles, Healthcare, Medicaid, medicare, Social Security Disability

The Connection Between Social Security Disability Benefits and Health Coverage Through Medicaid and Medicare

(By Maiss Mohamed, Alice Burns, and Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 10, 2024) In 2021, 13

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

Eileen Cook September 9, 2024September 9, 2024 FDA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, TV Drug Ads

With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for KFF Health News) Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 Customer Satisfication, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Medicare Advantage members expect more — how top-rated payers respond

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are getting savvier and expecting more from their plans,

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Older Adults, Open Enrollment

Medicare Advantage open enrollment is coming

Did you know Medicare has several different enrollment periods with separate rules for each? There is an Initial enrollment period,

Aging CMS Medicare - General Medigap

Eileen Cook August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medigap, Older Adults, Renewal

Do I need to renew my Medigap plan?

If you have a Medigap (Medicare supplement insurance) plan, will it be automatically renewed yearly? Yes, but there are exceptions.

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

Eileen Cook August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 ACA, CMS, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare Reform, Medicaid, medicare

Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Sector Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Federal regulators have blocked two private sector enrollment websites from accessing consumer information

Employer Healthcare Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 Commercial Health Insurance, Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Ozempic, Semaglutide

Majority of weight loss drug prescriptions going to commercially insured patients

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) In 2023, more than 61% of Ozempic prescriptions went to patients with

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

Eileen Cook August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Medicare Part D, MedPAC, Older Adults, Supplemental Benefits

Medicare Advantage in 2024: Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Limits, Supplemental Benefits, and Prior Authorization

(By Meredith Freed, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Aug 08, 2024)