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MEDICARE & YOU 2022 – An Important First Step Towards Reversing Bias in Favor of Medicare Advantage

Starting in the Fall of 2017, the Center for Medicare Advocacy (the Center) and other advocacy organizations highlighted that, in a marked change from previous practice, the Trump Administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) … [Read more...] about MEDICARE & YOU 2022 – An Important First Step Towards Reversing Bias in Favor of Medicare Advantage

Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse Aides

On March 20, 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and as part of a long list of blanket waivers and flexibilities granted to nursing facilities,[1] the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) waived the requirement that … [Read more...] about Special Report | Who Provides Care for Nursing Home Residents? An Update on Temporary Nurse Aides

Congress Begins Debate About Adding Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits to Medicare – Now is the Time to Act

Congress is poised to strengthen our country’s safety net, including adding critical benefits to the Medicare program. Today, the House Ways & Means Committee began to mark-up legislation that would add dental, hearing and vision benefits to the … [Read more...] about Congress Begins Debate About Adding Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits to Medicare – Now is the Time to Act

Get Ready – Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Next Month (10/15 – 12/7/2021)

Medicare’s Open Enrollment period – also known as the Annual Election Period or Annual Coordinated Election Period – runs from October 15 through December 7.  During this time all Medicare beneficiaries can reevaluate their coverage, and make … [Read more...] about Get Ready – Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Next Month (10/15 – 12/7/2021)

Medicare is at a Crossroads – Time to Dispel Myths Hindering an Historic Expansion of Benefits

Congress is in the midst of putting together an historic legislative package that would expand and strengthen our country’s safety net in a number of ways, including broad changes to health coverage.  This could include adding dental, hearing and … [Read more...] about Medicare is at a Crossroads – Time to Dispel Myths Hindering an Historic Expansion of Benefits

Study: Long-Term Care Facilities in Socially Isolated Neighborhoods Are Associated with 30-Day Mortality Risk

The coronavirus pandemic disproportionately impacted nursing homes. To date, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), over 134,000 residents have died from COVID-19, accounting for just under one-third of the pandemic’s … [Read more...] about Study: Long-Term Care Facilities in Socially Isolated Neighborhoods Are Associated with 30-Day Mortality Risk

Free Webinar, September 8th (2-3 pm) | Health Equity, Medicare, and the Modern Civil Rights Movement

Author Dr. David Smith of The Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America’s Health Systemwill discuss Medicare’s role in the nation’s desegregation movement, systemic racism in our health systems, and the role that … [Read more...] about Free Webinar, September 8th (2-3 pm) | Health Equity, Medicare, and the Modern Civil Rights Movement

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