Uncategorized

Medicare Annual Enrollment Period | October 15 – December 7 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 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | October 14, 2021

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 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – October 7, 2021

Congress Continues to Negotiate Potential Historic Expansion of Medicare – The Time to Act Is Now Negotiations in Congress about the size and scope of a transformative reconciliation package are at a critical stage.  Policymakers are weighing … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – September 30, 2021

New Research Raises Questions About Medicare Advantage Payments A recent study found that double bonuses for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are not an efficient mechanism to improve the program, and are not equitable in allocation of those dollars, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 23, 2021

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 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 15, 2021

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 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 9, 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 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | September 2, 2021

Nursing Home Residents Have Private Right of Action to Enforce the Nursing Home Reform Law Against Publicly-Owned Facilities In Talevski v. Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, et al, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 26, 2021

Report Examines High Spending on Medicare Advantage Plans This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a report entitled “Higher and Faster Growing Spending Per Medicare Advantage Enrollee Adds to Medicare's Solvency and Affordability … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 19, 2021

Congress Sets the Stage for Important Medicare Improvements Earlier this week, the Senate passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, followed by a party-line approval of a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for a reconciliation bill.  … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | August 12, 2021