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Hospitals worry the plans are going to skirt federal regulations in reviewing hospital admissions

The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals have voiced their concerns to the Centers for Medicare and

Eileen Cook November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Hospital Inpatient Stay, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage claims denials

Alzheimer’s/Dementia FDA Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Manufacturers need to be more open about a dangerous Alzheimer’s drug side effect

(By Madhav Thambisetty for ST A T) Since the FDA’s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare’s recent decision

Eileen Cook November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Aducanumab, Alzheimer’s Disease, ARIA, CMS, Dementia, Donanemab, FDA, Lecanemab Drug, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

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

Medicare Advantage plans are not for everyone

There are many advantages to selecting a Medicare Advantage plan over traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage plans have a limit on

Eileen Cook November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Medicare solvency would be extended 17 years under Medicare Advantage utilization rates: Study

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would be solvent until 2048 if traditional

Eileen Cook November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Healthcare Finance, Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Insolvency, Medicare Utilization

Health Care - General Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Why Medicare Advantage networks may reduce avoidable hospitalizations

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Differences in the clinicians Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries see have

Eileen Cook November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Avoidable Hospitalization, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage

(By Michelle Andrews for KFF Health News) Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians

Eileen Cook November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 CMS, Compensation, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Primary Care, Primary Care Shortage

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

Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) The Biden administration’s first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit

Eileen Cook November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 Clawed Back Fee, CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM Industry, Performance Fees

Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

What 5 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage enrollees tend to have lower hospital readmissions rates and expenses

Eileen Cook November 14, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage

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

It pays to review your choices

We are almost a month into Medicare Open Enrollment for 2024; have you reviewed other plans yet? If you are

Eileen Cook November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D

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

US to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs for Older Americans to Stem Spread of the Virus

(By Michael Scaturro for KFF Health News) A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by

Eileen Cook November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 CMS, HIV Prevention Drugs, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults