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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

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

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

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,

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

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

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,

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

Aging CMS Medicare - General Medigap

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Use of Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage Exceeded 46 Million Requests in 2022

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Aug 05, 2024) Virtually all

Eileen Cook August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Older Adults

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicaid Medicare - General

Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

(By Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation’s fastest-growing

Eileen Cook August 2, 2024 Emergency department costs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Medicaid, medicare, Urgent Care

Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

The Landscape of Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Arrangements for Dual-Eligible Individuals Across States

(By Maria T. Peña, Maiss Mohamed, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Alice Burns, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family

Eileen Cook July 31, 2024July 31, 2024 Dual Eligibles, Managed Care plans, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D