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  1. Medicare Watch COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Expires Today
  2. Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Center Reminds New Yorkers to Review their Benefits Enrollment in Advance of Medicaid Changes
  3. Medicare Watch COVID-19 Medicaid Enrollment Protections End This Week
  4. Medicare Watch What to Know Before the Public Health Emergency Ends in May
  5. Letters Letter to CMS on Medicare Coverage of At-Home COVID-19 Tests
  6. Comments Temporary Increase in Federal Medical Assistance Percentage in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
  7. Medicare Watch KFF Examines Post-PHE Medicaid Landscape for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
  8. Inside Medicare Rights Medicare Rights Annual Trends Report Outlines Key Challenges Facing People with Medicare
  9. Positions and Publications 2020-2021 Medicare Trends and Recommendations
  10. Letters Letter to US Senators on Home and Community-Based Services
  11. Medicare Watch Medicare Rights Center and Partners Ask CMS to Ease Transition Issues Ahead of End of Public Health Emergency
  12. Letters Joint Letter on Medicare Enrollment and the PHE Unwinding
  13. Medicare Watch Medicare Details New Coverage of At-Home COVID-19 Tests 
  14. Medicare Watch Administration Plans Important and Long-Awaited Nursing Home Reforms 
  15. Medicare Watch CMS Says Medicare Will Cover At-Home COVID Tests at No Cost
  16. Medicare Watch Advocacy Organizations Urge Better Medicare Coverage of COVID-19 Services
  17. Letters Advocacy Organizations Urge Better Medicare Coverage of COVID-19 Services
  18. Medicare Watch CMS Announces New Strategies to Encourage People with Medicare to Get a COVID-19 Booster
  19. Medicare Watch Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters Covered by Medicare with No Cost-Sharing
  20. Comments Comments on the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule
  21. Medicare Watch Biden Administration Announces Additional Steps to Fight COVID-19
  22. Medicare Watch According to New OIG Report, COVID-19 Wreaked Devastation on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes
  23. Medicare Watch CMS Expands Payments for In-Home COVID-19 Vaccine Administration
  24. Medicare Watch The Commonwealth Fund Considers Which Pandemic-Related Medicare Changes Should Continue
  25. Medicare Watch CMS Implements Waiver for Ground Ambulance Services
  26. Medicare Watch New Report Confirms Rapid Expansion of Telehealth Services
  27. Medicare Watch CMS Looks to Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Education, Administration, and Reporting Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities
  28. Medicare Watch New Resources Promote Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
  29. Medicare Watch Education About COVID-19 Vaccines Continues as Access Increases
  30. Medicare Watch CMS Releases New Data Showing How COVID-19 Affects People with Medicare
  31. Medicare Watch How the COVID-19 Relief Bill Helps Older Adults and People with Disabilities
  32. Statements & Testimony Testimony: The Future of Telehealth: How COVID-19 is Changing the Delivery of Virtual Care
  33. Press Release Medicare Rights President Testifies at Congressional Health Subcommittee Hearing
  34. Letters Letter Urging Biden Administration to Take Immediate Action on Key Issues Facing Medicare Beneficiaries
  35. Letters Letter From 50 Organizations Calling on CMS to Ease Medicare Enrollment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  36. Positions and Publications Immediately Respond to COVID-19
  37. Positions and Publications Policy Recommendations for the Biden Administration
  38. Comments Comments on the Fourth COVID Interim Final Rule
  39. Positions and Publications Summary of Policy Recommendations for the Biden Administration
  40. Letters Letter of Support for the Heroes Act
  41. Letters Letter to Senate Leaders on COVID-19 Relief Priorities
  42. Statements & Testimony Joint Principles from the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the Medicare Rights Center: Medicare Expansion of Telehealth Helps Beneficiaries Access Care During the Pandemic–But Caution is Needed Before Making These Changes Permanent
  43. Comments Comments for the Telehealth Taskforce
  44. Comments Comments on the Second COVID-19 Interim Final Rule
  45. Letters Letter to CMS on Extending Medicare Enrollment Flexibilities
  46. Comments Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
  47. Letters Letter to CMS About COVID-19 Requests
  48. Letters Letter to Congress About COVID-19 Requests

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