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2024 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles

(Source - cms.gov) On October 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 premiums, deductibles,

Eileen Cook October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, IRMAA, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage

6 health systems launching Medicare Advantage plans

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Some health systems may be dropping patients with Medicare Advantage plans, but

Eileen Cook October 12, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Medicaid Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare marketing complaints increase

Medicare’s open enrollment season is upon us, with the barrage of television commercials, tons of junk mail, and other forms

Eileen Cook October 10, 2023October 10, 2023 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Medicare Open enrollment, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Aging CMS Legislative Update Medicare - General Nursing Homes

Medicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says

(By Tara Bannow for STAT) Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 medicare, Nursing Home, Older Adults

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

The Inflation Reduction Act’s big vaccine changes

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 changed the vaccination coverage -plus reduced the cost of receiving those vaccines for

Eileen Cook October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Vaccines

Aging CMS Medicare Advantage Nursing Homes

Feds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in

Eileen Cook October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 algorithm, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Advantage, naviHealth, Nursing Home, Older Adults

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Legal Actions/Court Decisions Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

All in: Drugmakers say yes, they’ll negotiate with Medicare on price, so reluctantly

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) For the first time, Medicare is beginning to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs. Despite

Eileen Cook October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Inflation Reduction Act., Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Medicare - General

Keep these Medicare rules on your radar if you’re about to sign up

Medicare is the federal health insurance program generally for people who are 65 or older. Medicare has recent rules on

Eileen Cook October 2, 2023 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Older Adults

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

What are Medicare Supplement plans

Medicare is the federal health insurance for people over 65 years of age. Generally, you only need to sign up

Eileen Cook September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Older Adults