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

Eileen Cook December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, PBM, Price Transparency, Site Neutral Policy

House passes site-neutral policy, transparency, PBM reform package

(By Rachel Cohrs for ST A T) WASHINGTON — The House passed a relatively major health care package late Monday,

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legislative Update Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 Drug price Transparency, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage transparency, Medicare Part D, PBM

Medicare bills pass House committee: 3 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 19 pieces of legislation Dec.

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Mergers, Older Adults

Is the Medicare Advantage ‘gold rush’ over?

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Medicare Advantage gold rush is slowing down, Wall Street Journal columnist

CMS Dental/Oral Health Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General

Eileen Cook December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 CMS, dental health, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare redesign, medicare, Older Adults

Recent Changes to Medicare Coverage of Dental Services from the 2023 and 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rules

(By Meredith Freed, Tricia Neuman, and Juliette Cubanski for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Dec 01, 2023) Medicare does not

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregiver Emerging Health Issues End of Life Health Care Finance Hospice/Home Health Services Medicaid Medicare - General

Eileen Cook December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 Affordable Home Care, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults, Respite Care

Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care

(By Reed Abelson, The New York Times - KFF Health News project) It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare

CMS Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Hospital Inpatient Stay, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage claims denials

Hospitals worry the plans are going to skirt federal regulations in reviewing hospital admissions

The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals have voiced their concerns to the Centers for Medicare and

Alzheimer’s/Dementia FDA Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 Aducanumab, Alzheimer’s Disease, ARIA, CMS, Dementia, Donanemab, FDA, Lecanemab Drug, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Manufacturers need to be more open about a dangerous Alzheimer’s drug side effect

(By Madhav Thambisetty for ST A T) Since the FDA’s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare’s recent decision

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare Advantage plans are not for everyone

There are many advantages to selecting a Medicare Advantage plan over traditional Medicare. Medicare Advantage plans have a limit on

CMS Health Care Finance HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Healthcare Finance, Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Insolvency, Medicare Utilization

Medicare solvency would be extended 17 years under Medicare Advantage utilization rates: Study

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund would be solvent until 2048 if traditional