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CMS Proposes Important Step to Combat Medicare Advantage Overpayment
Each year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gives notice of how some Medicare Advantage (MA) payments will...
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Medicare Rights Urges CMS to Center Beneficiary Needs in MA and Part D
This week, Medicare Rights submitted comments in response to the annual Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D proposed rule for...
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Administration Proposes Discriminatory Anti-Trans Regulations, Weaponizing Medicare
In December, the Trump administration released three proposed rules that target transgender individuals in ways that harm communities, ignore laws,...
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Rural Health Fund Awards Cannot Compensate for Enormous Medicaid Cuts that Threaten Home Care
Late last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced awards from a new “Rural Health Transformation Program”...
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Analysis Flags Potential Medicare Advantage Access Issues for Mental Health Care
A new analysis of patterns of mental health care access for people switching from Medicare Advantage (MA) to Original Medicare...
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“Public Charge” Proposed Rule Threatens Chaos for Immigrants
This week, the Department of Homeland Security published a proposed rule on “public charge” that could expose legal immigrants to...
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Most Medicare Advantage Enrollees Sacrifice Access to Wide Network of Medicare Providers
Medicare Open Enrollment is currently underway and runs until December 7. During this period, people with Medicare can make changes...
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ACA Open Enrollment Causing Sticker Shock for Millions, Congress Must Act
Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans began on November 1, and people shopping for coverage have seen...
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Harm to Medicare Advantage Enrollees From Directory Errors and Inadequate Networks
Two important developments reveal continuing issues with provider directories and Medicare Advantage (MA) networks. Some Directory Information Now on Plan...
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Guide to Medicare Open Enrollment
Fall is the time when many people choose what health care coverage they will have in the coming year, and...
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