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

Eileen Cook May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage Out-of-Pocket Limits: Variation and Trends

(Authors: Nancy Ochieng, Meredith Freed, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May

CMS Health Care Finance LTC Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap

Eileen Cook May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Key Facts About Health Care Affordability for People With Medicare

(Authors: Nancy Ochieng, Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook May 27, 2026May 27, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Changes to Medicare Advantage in 2027

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized changes to Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D. The majority of these

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

Eileen Cook May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, IRMAA, medicare, Medicare Part D

IRMAA surprises

The Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA) is not a penalty, but rather a pricing structure. IRMAA was created under the

Dual Eligible Health Care Finance Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook May 18, 2026May 18, 2026 Dual Eligible, Legistlation, Medicaid, medicare, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Medicaid Changes in House and Senate Reconciliation Bills Would Increase Costs for 1.3 Million Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries

(Authors: Maiss Mohamed, Alice Burns, and Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 14, 2026) On May

Health Care Finance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medicare Fraud; Illegal Activities

Eileen Cook May 15, 2026 DME, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Fraud

Healthcare software company owner convicted in $1B Medicare fraud scheme

(By: Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted the founder

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Savings Programs, Older Adults

Proposed modernization of the Medicare Savings Programs

To simplify access to the Medicare Savings Programs (MSPS), the Aging & Disability Health Policy Lab has drafted four model

CMS Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare - General Medicare Fraud; Illegal Activities

Eileen Cook May 13, 2026 CMS, Home Health Services, medicare, Medicare Fraud, Older Adults

CMS freezes new hospice, home health enrollments amid fraud crackdown

(By: Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is imposing a six-month nationwide

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

Eileen Cook May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 CMS, GLP-1 drugs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D

What to Know About the BALANCE Model for GLP-1s in Medicare and Medicaid and the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge

(Authors: Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, and Elizabeth Williams for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 11, 2026) GLP-1s, a class

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

Eileen Cook May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

That Discount at the Pharmacy Counter May Pack Hidden Costs

(By Rachel Spears for KFF Health News) Next time you go to the pharmacy, you might be offered a coupon