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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

Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 CMS, D-SNP Prior Authorization Denial, Dual Eligible, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

D-SNP prior auth denial rates twice as high as all Medicare Advantage

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Dual-eligible special needs plan enrollees are twice as likely to have prior

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

Eileen Cook June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 CMS, GLP-1s drugs, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Weight loss drug coverage gets more complicated

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) In less than a month’s time, a federal lawmaker warned weight loss

Aging Health Care - General Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Arlene Sharp May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare drug plans are slashing drug coverage - and it’s going to impact everyone

By Brett Arends on May 29, 2924 for Morning Star Marketwatch The private health insurance companies that administer Medicare drug

Health Care - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Arlene Sharp May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D

High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment

By Renuka Rayasam on May 21, 2024 for KFF Health News The makers of Ozempic and Mounjaro charge list prices

Health Care - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Arlene Sharp May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage Plans Are About to Change

By Suzanne Blake on May 18, 2024 for Newsweek Medicare Advantage patients may be in for a rude awakening as

CMS Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook May 17, 2024 CMS, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Semaglutide

Medicare spending on weight loss drugs may be lower than previously thought: Report

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare spending on GLP-1 medications may not be as high as some

Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Seniors

New KFF Poll Finds that Many Older Voters Are Unaware of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation, But Awareness Has Grown

(By Chris Lee and Craig Palosky for The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 15, 2024) A new KFF poll finds

CMS Emerging Health Issues Health Care - General Health Insurance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 CMS, Diabetes, Emerging Healthcare, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, heart disease, medicare, Medicare Part D, Mounjaro, Obesity, Ozempic, Wegovy

Poll: 1 in 8 Adults Say They’ve Taken a GLP-1 Drug, Including 4 in 10 of Those with Diabetes and 1 in 4 of Those with Heart Disease

(By Tammie Smith at The Kaiser Family Foundation published May 10, 2024) About one in eight adults (12%) say they

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

Eileen Cook May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 CMS, Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Medicare’s financial picture brightens slightly

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund is expected to run out in 2036,