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CMS Not Acknowledging Medicare Plan Finder Problems Could Hurt Beneficiaries – Full Statement

On November 27, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a blog entitled “We’re Heading into the Last Week of Medicare Open Enrollment - Don’t Miss Out on Your Chance to Find Better Coverage.”  In … [Read more...] about CMS Not Acknowledging Medicare Plan Finder Problems Could Hurt Beneficiaries – Full Statement

Joint Statement on Turmoil in the Nursing Home Industry

January 2019 – The nursing home industry is facing tremendous turmoil because some operators are undertaking risky financial deals in an attempt to squeeze out larger profits from their nursing homes, even when these deals could potentially harm … [Read more...] about Joint Statement on Turmoil in the Nursing Home Industry

Center for Medicare Advocacy and Florida Health Justice Project Sue to Obtain “Off-label” Part D Prescription Drug Coverage for Beneficiary

April 16, 2018 For Immediate Release Contact: Center for Medicare Advocacy – Kata Kertesz: KKertesz@MedicareAdvocacy.org, 202-293-5760 Florida Health Justice Project – Miriam Harmatz: Harmatz@FloridaHealthJustice.org, … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy and Florida Health Justice Project Sue to Obtain “Off-label” Part D Prescription Drug Coverage for Beneficiary

Statement from the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Executive Director Judith Stein: Health Care is Under Assault – CBO Score for AHCA, Trump Budget and ACA Sabotage

May 25, 2017 – WASHINGTON, DC. – Health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare and Medicaid is under assault. The Congressional Budget Office finally released its estimate regarding the devastating impact of the … [Read more...] about Statement from the Center for Medicare Advocacy and Executive Director Judith Stein: Health Care is Under Assault – CBO Score for AHCA, Trump Budget and ACA Sabotage

Statement: CBO Report Confirms ACA Repeal Legislation Will Reduce Health Coverage, Care and Undermine Medicare

14 million people will become uninsured in 2018 if the proposed Affordable Care Act repeal legislation becomes law according to yesterday’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Report, (3/13/2017). The American Health Care Act proposal, which has … [Read more...] about Statement: CBO Report Confirms ACA Repeal Legislation Will Reduce Health Coverage, Care and Undermine Medicare

Welcome Reprieve for People Who Need Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) To Communicate

CMS Rescinds Restrictive Policy and Will Reconsider Technological Advances CMS announced yesterday that it has begun the process of updating its Medicare coverage policy for Speech Generating Devices (SGDs). A new SGD National Coverage … [Read more...] about Welcome Reprieve for People Who Need Speech Generating Devices (SGDs) To Communicate

Center for Medicare Advocacy Comments on the Impact of Dual Eligibility on MA and Part D Quality Scores

Submitted electronically via PartCandDStarRatings@cms.hhs.gov November 3, 2014 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health & Human Services Attention: CMS-6050-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 Re: … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Comments on the Impact of Dual Eligibility on MA and Part D Quality Scores

Senior Policy Attorney Toby S. Edelman Testifies about Observation Status before Congress

Center for Medicare Advocacy Senior Policy Attorney Toby S. Edelman will testify before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 9:30 AM regarding current hospital issues in the Medicare program, specifically the … [Read more...] about Senior Policy Attorney Toby S. Edelman Testifies about Observation Status before Congress