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

Eileen Cook May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Cancer Screenings, CMS, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, medicare, Mental Health

CMS: Dual-eligible Medicare Advantage members less likely to receive cancer screenings, mental healthcare

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid had lower scores

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

Eileen Cook May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Aduhelm drug, Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Treatment, CMS, FDA, medicare

How Medicare’s Aduhelm decision revived old questions about new drugs

(By Kerry Dooley Young for ST A T) Medicare’s decision to withhold coverage for Biogen’s Aduhelm despite the Food and

CMS Health Insurance Medical Technology Medicare - General Telehealth

Eileen Cook May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 CMS, medicare, Private Insurance, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth

Medicare payers vow to keep covering remote patient monitoring

(By Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Private insurance companies that contract for Medicare will continue to pay for

CMS Medicaid Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 CMS, Drug price Transparency, Managed Care plans, Medicaid, PBM

CMS proposes rules to improve Medicaid drug price transparency

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS is proposing a set of rules for drug manufacturers, pharmaceutical benefit

CMS Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Algorithms Factor, Care Denials, CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare’s Coverage rules

Senators probing largest Medicare Advantage plans over how algorithms factor in care denials

(By Bob Herman and Casey Ross for ST A T) Senators warned the country’s largest Medicare Advantage insurers at a

CMS DHS -OIG Medicare - General Mental Health/Behavioral Health Pandemic Telehealth

Eileen Cook May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 CMS, COVID-19, DHS -Office of Inspector General, Improper Payments, medicare, Telehealth

Medicare improperly paid for $580M in psychotherapy services, OIG audit finds

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare improperly paid for over half a billion dollars in psychotherapy services,

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

Eileen Cook May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Treatment, CMS, FDA, medicare

26 state attorneys general urge Medicare to cover Alzheimer’s treatments

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Twenty-six state attorneys general are asking Medicare to cover monoclonal antibody treatments

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Half of All Eligible Medicare Beneficiaries Are Now Enrolled in Private Medicare Advantage Plans

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation published May 01, 2023) According

Eileen Cook April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 CMS, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults

Medicaid Arrangements to Coordinate Medicare and Medicaid for Dual-Eligible Individuals

(Maria Peña, Maiss Mohamed, and Alice Burns Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Apr 27, 2023) There are 12.5 million people enrolled

DHS -OIG Health Care Finance Medicare - General Veterans Benefits

Eileen Cook April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Finance, HHS Inspector General’s Office Audit, medicare, Veterans

OIG: Duplicate Medicare, VA payments cost Medicare $128M

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare could have saved $128 million in duplicate claims payments with a