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Reducing Medicare Advantage benchmark payments will slightly reduce benefits, study finds

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Reduced Medicare Advantage benchmark payments would likely have a small effect on

Eileen Cook March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Benchmark

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Payers spending ‘buckets of money’ lobbying against Medicare Advantage rate changes

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The insurance industry is mounting its largest lobbying fight in years against

Eileen Cook March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 CMS, HHS, Lobbying, Medicare Advantage, Rate Changes

CMS Health Care Redesign HHS Part D/Prescription Drugs

HHS Releases Initial Guidance for Historic Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for Price Applicability Year 2026

(Source - www.cms.gov) For the first time in history, Medicare will have the ability to negotiate lower prescription drug prices

Eileen Cook March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 CMS, HHS, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

CMS Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

By Micel Martin, Tinbete Ermyas, Gurjit Kaur for npr on March 14, 2023 The White House released President Biden’s $6.8

Arlene Sharp March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 CMS, medicare

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare Advantage

Providers join payers in urging CMS to halt proposed 2024 Medicare Advantage rates

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Provider groups are joining in payers’ concerns about CMS’ proposed changes to

Eileen Cook March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 2024 Medicare Advantage rates, American Medical Group Association, CMS, Medicare Advantage

CMS Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

Insurers urge CMS to reverse course on ‘flawed’ MA risk adjustment changes

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Insurers are urging CMS not to implement proposed risk adjustment changes in

Eileen Cook March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 CMS, Health Insurance companies, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment

CMS Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Biden proposes expanding Medicare drug negotiation program

(By Rachel Cohrs for ST A T) WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will propose expanding Democrats’ new drug pricing law

Eileen Cook March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

CMS Part D/Prescription Drugs

CMS Drug Spending Dashboards and the Inflation Reduction Act

(Source - www.cms.gov/blog) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the annual update to the Drug Spending Dashboards with

Eileen Cook March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 CMS, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, Medicare Part D

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

More insurance brokers would choose traditional Medicare over Medicare Advantage: Report

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) More insurance brokers said they would enroll in traditional Medicare over Medicare

Eileen Cook March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)CMS

CMS’ most successful alternative payment models

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS has launched more than 50 savings model programs since the agency’s

Eileen Cook March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 Alternative Payment Models, CMS