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Navigating Medicare Open Enrollment: Insights for Patients & Caregivers
Introducing 4 New Ways to Advance Medicare Access
As we approach the end of the year, many supporters ask us about giving options beyond traditional cash donations. Just as we educate Medicare beneficiaries about their full range of coverage options, we want to inform you of four new, non-cash ways to maximize your impact that also provide potential tax benefits.
Your gift will directly support our comprehensive approach to Medicare advocacy: from landmark legal victories to our extensive educational resources. Thank you for your crucial support!
Home for the Holidays: You Can Leave the Nursing Home
Nursing home residents, their families, and friends can put their minds at ease. According to Medicare policy, nursing home residents may leave their facility for family events without losing their Medicare coverage during their temporary absence.
The National Voices of Medicare Summit
Thank you to everyone who participated in CMA’s 2025 National Voices of Medicare Summit: Allies. Advocacy. Action. We are grateful to all our attendees, registrants, presenters, and sponsors for a day that truly buoyed our spirits. We hope you all agree!
Check out the full event recording of CMA’s 2025 Summit below. You can also read the Summit recap and view shorter video clips on the event webpage.
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Know Jimmo | CMS Implementation Activity
The Center for Medicare Advocacy is delighted to report that on February 13, 2024, CMS issued several important reminders to providers and adjudicators in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage to refresh and train staff and contractors regarding the erroneous "Improvement Standard."
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2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles
On November 14, 2025 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) released notices detailing the Medicare Part A and Part B premiums and deductibles for calendar year 2026.
Read more.Reminder: Retrospective Observation Status Appeal Deadline is Jan. 2, 2026
Thanks to a successful class action lawsuit led by the Center for Medicare Advocacy, if you were hospitalized between January 1, 2009 and February 13, 2025 and reclassified from inpatient to “observation status,” you may have the right to file a retrospective appeal.
A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare
It’s critical for policymakers and advocates to understand the impacts that the huge cuts to Medicaid – made in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthy – have on people who rely on Medicare.
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The Incredible Shrinking Medicare Home Health Coverage
People who meet the legal Medicare coverage criteria for home helath care continue to face access barriers to covered home health. Many of the barriers are the result of Medicare’s payment system, quality measures, and audits that lead home health agencies to resist providing care for people with longer-term and chronic conditions and for home health aides.