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Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after

Eileen Cook October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare

Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare marketing complaints increase

Medicare’s open enrollment season is upon us, with the barrage of television commercials, tons of junk mail, and other forms

Eileen Cook October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Aging CMS Legislative Update Medicare - General Nursing Homes

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

(By Tara Bannow for STAT) Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 medicare, Nursing Home, Older Adults

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

The Inflation Reduction Act’s big vaccine changes

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 changed the vaccination coverage -plus reduced the cost of receiving those vaccines for

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Vaccines

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General

CMS innovation center did not save money in its 1st decade: CBO

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The CMS innovation center tasked with creating innovative payment models cost the

Eileen Cook October 2, 2023October 2, 2023 ACA, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, Congressional Budget Office, medicare

Medicare - General

Keep these Medicare rules on your radar if you’re about to sign up

Medicare is the federal health insurance program generally for people who are 65 or older. Medicare has recent rules on

Eileen Cook October 2, 2023 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Older Adults

Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare - General

What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?

By Julie Rowner for NPR on September 27, 2023 For the first time since 2019, congressional gridlock is poised to

Arlene Sharp September 28, 2023 government shutdown, Health Care, medicare

Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage left and right

By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review on September 27, 2023 Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half

Arlene Sharp September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage

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

How Medicare’s New Drug Price Negotiation Program Could Expand Access to Selected Drugs

(By Juliette Cubanski, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 26, 2023) Medicare recently announced

Eileen Cook September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

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

Who is eligible for Medicare?

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older. However, certain younger people with disabilities,

Eileen Cook September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 CMS, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap