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Release of Parity Principles to Optimize Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Care

July 27, 2022

Congress Urged to Act to Ensure Millions of Medicare Beneficiaries Can Access Life-saving TreatmentFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:July 27, 2022Washington, DC: The Legal Action Center, Center for Medicare Advocacy, and Medicare Rights Center today … [Read more...] about Release of Parity Principles to Optimize Medicare Coverage of Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Care

July 8, 2022

July 8, 2022Beginning in 2016, a consortium was formed among the undersigned dental and medical specialists, patient and consumer advocates, and care delivery providers to support and advocate for Medicare coverage of medically necessary oral … [Read more...] about Public Statement on Medicare Coverage of Medically Necessary Oral and Dental Health Therapies

March 23, 2022

A statement from the Center for Medicare AdvocacyIn a March 8, 2022 letter, the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the largest nursing home trade association, asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra for a meeting with the White House, Secretary … [Read more...] about What Does AHCA Object to In The Biden Nursing Home Reform Agenda? Being Held Accountable for Care.

March 18, 2022

Statement from the Center for Medicare AdvocacyThe deaths of more than 200,000 nursing home residents and staff have made clear to the country that fundamental changes are necessary in the operations and oversight of nursing homes. … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Executives Must Show by Their Actions that They Want to Improve Care for Residents

March 1, 2022

The Biden Administration has released a bold and comprehensive plan to improve nursing home quality. The deaths from COVID-19 of more than 200,000 residents and staff highlighted for the American people, as never before, longstanding problems in how … [Read more...] about Nursing Home Advocates to Nursing Home Owners: Stop Whining, Be Part of the Solution

February 28, 2022

The Biden Administration has set out a comprehensive roadmap to improve safety and quality of care for nursing home residents. “These would be, without question, the most important and positive changes in federal nursing home law and policy since the … [Read more...] about Center for Medicare Advocacy Thanks Biden Administration for Comprehensive and Constructive Nursing Home Agenda

January 26, 2022

A federal appeals court has decided that Medicare must provide appeal procedures for hospitalized beneficiaries who are reclassified from inpatients to “outpatients” receiving “observation services,” a designation that can have severe ramifications. … [Read more...] about Court Upholds Right to Appeal for Certain Medicare Patients on “Observation Status”

October 28, 2021

The framework of the Build Back Better bill released today makes historic investments in many vital programs that will help Americans. But, aside from a much-needed hearing benefit, which we strongly support, the Framework fails to improve Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Statement | But for Critical Hearing Benefit, Medicare is Left Behind in Build Back Better Framework

October 25, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 25, 2021Contact:Center for Medicare Advocacy – Matt Shepard: 202-293-5760, mshepard@MedicareAdvocacy.org Families USA – Sara Lonardo: slonardo@familiesusa.orgJustice in Aging - Amber … [Read more...] about Joint Advocates’ Statement: | Add Dental Coverage to Medicare, Not Vouchers

June 17, 2021

The Center for Medicare Advocacy is relieved that the Supreme Court has left the Affordable Care Act (ACA) intact as the law of the land. Today’s decision in California v. Texas is critical for the older adults and people with disabilities who rely … [Read more...] about The ACA is Here to Stay, Improving Medicare and Health Security for Millions