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Most Medicare Advantage Markets are Dominated by One or Two Insurers

(By Nicole Zhu, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Nolan Sroczynski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jul 14, 2025)

Eileen Cook July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage

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

What is the Medicare prescription cap

Two types of Medicare plans cover your prescription drug needs: Stand-alone Medicare Part D plans or Medicare Advantage prescription drug

Eileen Cook July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medicare Prescription Cap, Older Adults

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap

What does Medicare-approved amount mean?

Do you know the difference between what your provider bills Medicare and the amount paid by Medicare? It is called

Eileen Cook July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medigap, Older Adults

CMS LTC Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

What Medicare does not cover

A recent survey conducted by The Kaiser Family Foundation found that 23 percent of adults under 65 and 45 percent

Eileen Cook July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 CMS, LTC, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Aging Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Mental Health/Behavioral Health

Access to mental health under Medicare

Medicare does not cover all healthcare services for older adults; however, one area of healthcare that is particularly challenging to

Eileen Cook July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mental Health, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage

What 8 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage

(By: Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Research published in 2025 has highlighted differences in hospital stay lengths and

Eileen Cook June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare Advantage Veterans Benefits

Lawmakers target Medicare Advantage, VA ‘loophole’: WSJ

(By: Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing legislation that would allow the

Eileen Cook June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Legislation, Medicare Advantage, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Preventive Care

To boost Medicare Advantage profitability, Humana turns to old tactic: the annual wellness visit

(By Tara Bannow for ST A T published June 16, 2025) A central theme in Humana’s plan for boosting Medicare

Eileen Cook June 17, 2025June 17, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Annual Wellness Visit

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Congressional Budget Office (CBO)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payments Will Total at Least $12.7 Billion in 2025

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 12, 2025) The House-passed

Eileen Cook June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 CBO, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus payments

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Insurers oppose Medicare Advantage changes in spending bill

(By: Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Groups representing insurers are pushing back on proposed tighter regulations on Medicare

Eileen Cook June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, NO UPCODE Act, One Big Beautiful Bill Act