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Health Care Finance Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook March 12, 2026March 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, Inflation Reduction Act, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Inflation Reduction Act tied to stronger medication adherence: Study

(By: Erica Cerutti for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Cost-related medication nonadherence declined among Medicare enrollees following implementation of the Inflation

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

Eileen Cook March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Overpayments, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

$13.4B premium hike in 2025 due to Medicare Advantage overpayments: Report

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Congressional Joint Economic Committee identified an additional $13.4 billion contributing to

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

Eileen Cook March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 CMS, GLP-1 drugs, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

What Medicare’s Temporary Program Covering GLP-1s for Obesity Means for Beneficiaries

(By Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation published March 9, 2026) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

CMS Consumer Data Medicare - General Telehealth

Eileen Cook March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 CMS, medicare, Older Adults, Telehealth

Medicare beneficiaries log 60 million telehealth visits annually

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare beneficiaries had about 60 million telehealth visits per year between 2021

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

Eileen Cook March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Analyzing Changes in Medicare Part D Enrollment for 2026

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski, Nancy Ochieng, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 3, 2026) For people with

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 ACA Marketplace, CMS, COBRA, Employer Coverage, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults

The gap between early retirement and Medicare eligibility

You can begin your Social Security as early as 62; however, you cannot begin your Medicare coverage until you are

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign

Eileen Cook February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 ACCESS program, CMS, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, medicare

14 payers pledge support for ACCESS model

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Fourteen health insurers have voluntarily committed to CMS’ “Advancing Chronic Care with

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Eileen Cook February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 ACA, Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Spending, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Advantage

Hospital Spending Accounted for 40% of the Growth in National Health Spending Between 2022 and 2024

(Authors: Jamie Godwin, Zachary Levinson, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 11, 2026) National spending on

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General

Eileen Cook February 12, 2026February 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare

10 years after CMS’ first mandatory bundled payment model, what did it actually build?

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) This April will mark a decade since CMS launched the Comprehensive Care

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare’s WISeR Model, Older Adults, prior authorization requirements

Examining the Potential Impact of Medicare’s New WISeR Model

(Authors: Alex Cottrill, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Misha Segal for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb