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In 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that improved transparency around prior authorization for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, as well as managed care plans…
This week, Medicare Rights submitted comments in response to the annual Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D proposed rule for 2026 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).…
This week, the Medicare Rights Center released our annual helpline trends report, Medicare Trends and Recommendations: An Analysis of 2023 Call Data from the Medicare Rights Center’s National Helpline. Drawn from…
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule that codifies appeal rights for people with Medicare who are admitted to the hospital as inpatients…
KFF recently analyzed Medicare Advantage (MA) data on prior authorization, finding that the rates of requests, or submissions from providers and beneficiaries asking the plan to cover a service, remained…
Prior authorization is one of the processes Medicare Advantage and other private insurance companies use to manage health care utilization and provide pre-service coverage information. While this can help plans…
A new study from University of Southern California (USC) researchers shows that Medicare Part D plans have been increasingly restricting access to some prescription drugs through the years. Plans have…
A recent survey from the Commonwealth Fund asked people with Original Medicare (OM) and Medicare Advantage (MA) about their experiences with access to benefits, services, providers, care coordination, and satisfaction.…
A new survey from KFF highlights problems people have using their health insurance, with 60% of insured adults reporting that they have had issues, including denied claims and appeals, as…
This week, we at Medicare Rights released our annual Medicare Trends Report, which features key challenges facing people with Medicare and recommends ways to improve the program. Drawn from our…
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