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Why higher Medicare Advantage utilization wasn’t reflected in 2025 rates

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS has finalized a slight decrease in Medicare Advantage benchmark payments for

Eileen Cook April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Benchmark, Medicare Advantage Utilization, Medicare FFS cost trends, Medicare Part D

CMS HHS Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Mental health care is hard to find, especially for people with Medicare or Medicaid

(By Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR) With rates of suicide and opioid deaths rising in the past decade and children’s mental

Eileen Cook April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Behavioral Health, CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mental Health

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Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage

By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News on March 29, 2024 Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a

Arlene Sharp March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

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The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in

Eileen Cook March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Aging, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medical Care, medicare, Older Adults

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

Gross Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Already Skyrocketing – Even Though Medicare Cannot Cover The Drugs for Weight Loss

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 23, 2024) A KFF analysis shows that gross total Medicare

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 CMS, Drugs for Weight Loss, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Ozempic

Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Primary Care

3 ways Medicare Advantage affects primary care physicians

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) There are few statistically significant differences between the way primary care physicians

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Commonwealth Fund, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Primary Care

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Gaps in Data About Hospital and Health System Finances Limit Transparency for Policymakers and Patients

(By Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, Gary Claxton, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 22,

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Price Transparency, Medicaid, medicare, Price Transparency

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Primary Care

CMS adds new ACO model: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS will introduce a new payment model designed to spur innovation in

Eileen Cook March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 ACO, ACO Primary Care Flex Model, CMS, medicare, Older Adults, Primary Care

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Change attack update: What 15 payers discussed with the Biden administration

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Fifteen insurers and trade groups met with Biden administration officials March 18

Eileen Cook March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Change Attack, CMS, Cybersecurity, Medicaid, medicare

Aging Health Care Finance Medicare - General Primary Care

8 notes on the nation’s geriatrician shortage and what’s driving it

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Adults 65 and older account for nearly half of hospital admissions, and

Eileen Cook March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Geriatrician Shortage, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults