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Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Healthcare Finance, Inpatient Hospital Days, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage Enrollees Account for a Rising Share of Inpatient Hospital Days

(By Jamie Godwin, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Zachary Levinson, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jul 23, 2024)

End of Life Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 End of Life, medicare, Medicare Advantage

How Medicare Advantage, traditional Medicare differ on end-of-life care

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage enrollees were less likely to receive burdensome treatments or transfers

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook July 9, 2024July 9, 2024 CMS, Health Insurers, Medicare Advantage, Upcoding

Insurers brought in $50B through Medicare Advantage coding: WSJ

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage plans received $50 billion in payments between 2018 and 2021

CMS DHS -OIG HHS Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook July 8, 2024 CMS, Deny Post-Acute Care, DHS -Office of Inspector General, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

OIG to probe whether Medicare Advantage plans deny post-acute care

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) HHS’ Office of Inspector General will audit Medicare Advantage plans’ use of

Artificial Intelligence CMS Medical Technology Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 AI, CMS, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Older Adults

Tougher rules needed for Medicare Advantage AI, 51 lawmakers say

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Lawmakers are pushing CMS to do more to prevent misuse of artificial

CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 CMS, Healthcare redesign, Hospital-at-home program, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Medicare’s hospital-at-home program

You may have heard of the “hospital-at-home program,” but do you know what it means? Hospital-at-home enables some patients who

Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 CMS, Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, Legislation, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Payers, providers back lawmakers’ MA prior authorization reform efforts

(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Legislation aiming to reform the Medicare Advantage prior authorization process has the

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Older Adults

CMS to recalculate Medicare Advantage star ratings: Report

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS will recalculate star ratings for Medicare Advantage plans after insurers challenging

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage members spend over $2,500 less than traditional Medicare enrollees annually: Study

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage enrollees spend more than $2,500 less on healthcare costs on

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

Eileen Cook June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, independent pharmacies, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, PBM, The Inflation Reduction Act

Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for