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CMS Releases Proposed 2023 Rule for Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans On January 6, 2022, CMS released CY 2023 Medicare Advantage and Part D Proposed Rule (CMS-4192-P) and an accompanying Press Release describing the overall rule, and a separate … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 13, 2022

Study Published in Health Affairs Finds that Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program Has Not Improved Quality Health Affairs recently published a research article titled “The Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program Has Not Improved Plan Quality” … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 6, 2022

CMA Home Health Survey | Medicare Beneficiaries Likely Misinformed and Underserved A survey conducted by the Center for Medicare Advocacy over the past year indicates that home health aide services are not available in an amount even approaching … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 16, 2021

GUEST POST: Jimmo Enforced, Preventive & Maintenance Therapy Affirmed By John Marmarou, DPT, MSCS - Executive Director, Total Rehab & Fitness For the last 15 years, all of my professional work and efforts have been devoted to keeping … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 9, 2021

Pass Build Back Better — Seize the Moment to Protect Nursing Home ResidentsUpdated Factsheet | CMS Nursing Home Visitation GuidanceMedicare Coverage for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) When a Beneficiary is … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 2, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving from the Center for Medicare Advocacy As families gather this week, we at the Center are reminded of some of the many reasons we have to be thankful. The visionaries who designed, launched and supported Medicare to help all … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 24, 2021

2022 Medicare Cost-Sharing Rates Released On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs. Each year, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 18, 2021

Landscape of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Plans in 2022 The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released reports on Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D plan offerings in 2022.  The MA report notes that “[f]or 2022, the average Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 11, 2021

Eileen Ossen: In Memory, With Gratitude The Center for Medicare Advocacy joins in sorrow with the family, friends, and CT community upon the death of Eileen Ossen. Eileen was a wonderful person with an innate optimism, generosity, and easy … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | November 4, 2021

CMA Report | Privatization of County-Owned Nursing Facilities is Not Good for Residents, Staff, or States In a May 1, 1998 report entitled “Nursing Home Privatization: What Is the Human Cost?”[1] the Pennsylvania-based Keystone Research Center … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 21, 2022