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CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Benchmark, Medicare Part D

CMS finalizes 2025 Medicare Advantage rates

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS finalized a slight decrease in Medicare Advantage benchmark payments for 2025.

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, HHS, Lawsuit, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, Medicare Part D

CMS faces another challenge of Medicare Advantage star ratings methodology

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A Medicare Advantage insurer facing termination of one of its contracts from

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

Eileen Cook March 25, 2024March 25, 2024 CMS, Drugs for Weight Loss, GLP-1s drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Ozempic

Gross Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Already Skyrocketing – Even Though Medicare Cannot Cover The Drugs for Weight Loss

(By Chris Lee for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 23, 2024) A KFF analysis shows that gross total Medicare

Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Dept of Defense, High-risk Medication, Medicare Part D, pharmaceuticals, Trade Agreements Act

54% of meds at ‘high risk,’ military says

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review ) More than half of pharmaceuticals in the United States have a dependency

Aging CMS Dental/Oral Health DME Health Care - General Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 Dental, Healthcare Costs, Hearing Aids, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Vision care, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Out-of-pocket costs

Medicare Households Spend More on Health Care Than Other Households

(By Nancy Ochieng, Juliette Cubanski, and Anthony Damico for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 14, 2024) Medicare provides health

Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Prior Authorization

Part D plans ramp up prior authorization

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Part D plans have ramped up restrictions on prescription drugs since

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D

Biden to propose expanding Medicare drug price negotiation in State of the Union

(By Rachel Cohrs for ST A T) WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s

CMS Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Out-of-pocket prescription costs

CMS Issues Additional Guidance on Program to Allow People with Medicare to Pay Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs in Monthly Payments

(Source - www.cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the second part of draft guidance for the

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Patients for Affordable Drugs, Pharma

Patients See First Savings From Biden’s Drug Price Push, as Pharma Lines Up Its Lawyers

(By Arthur Allen for KFF Health News) Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst,

Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 Drug costs, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D

3 Charts About Drug Prices in the United States

(By Craig Palosky for The Kaiser Family Foundation published February 7, 2024) Prescription drug costs are a top concern for