With the Medicare open enrollment period beginning on October 15, we encourage Medicare beneficiaries to choose carefully between traditional Medicare and joining a private Medicare Advantage plan. This is particularly important, as consumer … [Read more...] about Medicare Annual Enrollment Period | October 15 – December 7
Archives for October 2021
CMA Alert – October 7, 2021
Analysis Provides Options for Containing the Cost of a New Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision BenefitThe USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy recently posted an analysis entitled Options for containing the cost of a new Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – October 7, 2021
Report: COVID-related Death Rates in Nursing Homes Spike Due to Delta Surge
Nursing homes around the nation experienced a 400% increase in COVID-19 related deaths between July and August this past summer. Furthermore, the COVID death toll increased faster in nursing homes, according to a new KFF report, than in community … [Read more...] about Report: COVID-related Death Rates in Nursing Homes Spike Due to Delta Surge
Health Affairs Blog Highlight How the Medicare “Money Machine” Draws Medicare Advantage Plans and Investors into Direct Contracting Demonstrations
Heath Affairs Blog recently posted a two-part series by Drs. Richard Gilfillan and Donald Berwick, former Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), … [Read more...] about Health Affairs Blog Highlight How the Medicare “Money Machine” Draws Medicare Advantage Plans and Investors into Direct Contracting Demonstrations
Analysis Provides Options for Containing the Cost of a New Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Benefit
The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy recently posted an analysis entitled Options for containing the cost of a new Medicare dental, hearing, and vision benefit by Matthew Fiedler, Ph.D. (September 2021).Noting the potential … [Read more...] about Analysis Provides Options for Containing the Cost of a New Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Benefit