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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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National Medicare Advocates Alliance
The Center for Medicare Advocacy's National Medicare Advocates Alliance provides Medicare advocates with a collaborative network to share resources, best practices, and developments of import to Medicare beneficiaries throughout the country. The Alliance is supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation.
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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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Medicare Advantage Oversight and Consumer Protections Must Be Protected and Expanded
This new resource from CMA explains how modest progress was made in improving access to care for Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees, and the potential fate of these changes.
Read more.Medicare Advantage “Flex Cards” and Public Benefits
This new resource from CMA explains how Medicare Advantage flex cards, similar to preloaded debit cards, can impact eligibility for government benefits programs. It also reviews recent guidance on flex cards, as well as the need for additional consumer protections.
New Observation Status Appeal Resource
Observation status appeals are now in effect. Beneficiaries are seeing information about “a new appeal right” on the Medicare Summary Notices they receive in the mail. This right resulted from the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s class action on behalf of beneficiaries who have harmed by “observation status.”
For more information about who is eligible and how to appeal, visit our resource page.