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The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in

Eileen Cook March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Aging, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medical Care, medicare, Older Adults

Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Primary Care

3 ways Medicare Advantage affects primary care physicians

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) There are few statistically significant differences between the way primary care physicians

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Commonwealth Fund, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Primary Care

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage rates ‘baffling,’ lawmakers say

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A group of Republican lawmakers are asking CMS to reconsider its proposed

Eileen Cook March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)CMS Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Primary Care

CMS adds new ACO model: 5 things to know

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS will introduce a new payment model designed to spur innovation in

Eileen Cook March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 ACO, ACO Primary Care Flex Model, CMS, medicare, Older Adults, Primary Care

Aging Health Care Finance Medicare - General Primary Care

8 notes on the nation’s geriatrician shortage and what’s driving it

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Adults 65 and older account for nearly half of hospital admissions, and

Eileen Cook March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 Geriatrician Shortage, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Older Adults

CMS Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Telehealth

Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom

(By Phil Galewitz and Holly K. Hacker for KFF Health News) Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6

Eileen Cook March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 CMS, COVID, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Remote Patient Monitoring, Telehealth services

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia Assisted Living Health Care Redesign LTC

Payroll tax to fund long-term care

Washington state enacted the Long-Term Services and Support Act (WA Cares) three years ago to address the costs of providing

Eileen Cook March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Long-Term Services and Support Act, LTC, Older Adults

Medicare - General Primary Care

Primary care shortages linked to more emergency surgeries: Study

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review ) People who live in areas where primary care provider shortages are more

Eileen Cook March 14, 2024March 14, 2024 medicare, Older Adults, Primary Care

Emerging Health Issues Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign LTC Nursing Homes

Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes

(By Harris Meyer for KFF Health News) Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing

Eileen Cook March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 For-Profit Nursing Homes, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Investor Groups, Nonprofit Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Quality of Care

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregiver Health Care - General LTC Medicaid Medicare - General Medigap

A guide to covering LTC expenses

Seniors aged 65 have a nearly 70 percent chance of requiring long-term care services in the future. Of the 3.9

Eileen Cook March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 Healthcare Costs, LTC, medicare, Medigap, Older Adults