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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

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

Aging FDA Legal Actions/Court Decisions Medical Technology

Patients Expected Profemur Artificial Hips to Last. Then They Snapped in Half.

(By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News and KFF Health News) Bradley Little, a physical education teacher in Arizona,

Eileen Cook December 5, 2023 Artificial Hips, FDA, Healthcare Costs, Medical Technology, Older Adults

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

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

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

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

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

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

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aging Alzheimer’s/Dementia Assisted Living Caregiver Health Care Finance Health Insurance LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many

(By Jordan Rau and JoNel Aleccia for KFF Health News) For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid

Eileen Cook November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Alzheimer’s Disease, Assisted Living, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Home Care, Long-term Care, LTC Insurance, Older Adults

Aging Assisted Living Caregiver Health Care Finance LTC Medicaid Nursing Homes

10 Things About Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)

(By Priya Chidambaram and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 16, 2023) In 2020, an estimated 5.8

Eileen Cook November 21, 2023 Home and Community-based services, Long-term Services and Supports, Medicaid, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Health Care - General Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

Why Medicare Advantage networks may reduce avoidable hospitalizations

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Differences in the clinicians Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries see have

Eileen Cook November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Avoidable Hospitalization, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults