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Medicare Advantage spending 14% higher than fee for service: Report

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission estimated Medicare Advantage payments will be 14%

Eileen Cook March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage ‘Dark Money’ Group Attempts To Win Higher Payments for Insurance Companies

(By Fred Schulte and Maia Rosenfeld and David Hilzenrath for KFF Health News) Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently

Eileen Cook March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

Health Care Finance Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

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

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

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

$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

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

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

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)

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

CMS Consumer Data Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare Part D enrollment in 2026: 5 things to know

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Following the annual enrollment period for 2026, 56.1 million people — up

Eileen Cook March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

CMS Consumer Data Medicare - General 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

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

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

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

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

CMS Health Care Finance Medicare Advantage

Benefits coverage for no-premium plans could drop 50% under 2027 MA rule: AHIP

(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage plans looking to maintain no-premium models could face 50% cuts to

Eileen Cook March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults

CMS Health Insurance Medicare Advantage

CMS to suspend enrollment into Elevance’s Medicare Advantage plans

By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS is sanctioning Elevance Health and plans to suspend enrollment into the

Eileen Cook March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 CMS, Medicare Advantage, Older Adults, Suspend Enrollment