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Study Finds Cost-Sharing Increases Can be DeadlyCenter Hosts Sen. Chris Murphy and Provides Important Health Care Reminders for MarchAdvocates Call for Comprehensive Oral Health CoverageRegister Now - 2021 National Voices of Medicare Summit & … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 25, 2021

Commonwealth Fund Issues Series of Articles Addressing Medicare’s Fiscal Solvency - Introductory Statement by Marilyn MoonIt’s Time to Repeal the 3-Day Inpatient Hospital Requirement for Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility CoverageCenter for Medicare … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 11, 2021

Final 2022 Rule for Medicare Parts C and D Released By Trump AdministrationBiden Administration Withdraws Harmful Rule Re: Dropping Medicare Part A CoverageNew York State Attorney General Reports Staffing is Key to Determining Whether Covid-19 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 4, 2021

Expanded Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Coverage During the Covid-19 PandemicSpeech Generating Devices: Beneficiary Voices Silenced Once Again by CMSWays and Means Report Highlights National InequitiesFree Webinar - Medicare & Health Care … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 28, 2021

A New Administration Begins During a “Winter of Peril and Possibility”Government Seeks to Stop Implementation of Court Order in Hospital Observation Status CaseStudy Finds Inequities in Telehealth CareConsumer Advocacy Organizations Sue CMS Over 2017 … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 21, 2021

CMS Plans to Expand Program that Interferes with Patient Access to Medicare Covered Home Health CareIn Waning Days of Trump Administration, HHS Issues Harmful Final Rule Putting an Expiration Date on Core Medicare and Other RegulationsCenter for … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 14, 2021

Finding a Way Into 2021COVID Relief and Omnibus Package: Overview of Medicare ProvisionsAffordable Care Act: Millions Have Benefited Despite Sabotage2021 Medicare Reminders: Medicare Advantage Enrollees Can Still Make a Change, Possible Special … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | January 7, 2021

Guest Author - The Myth of the Medicare Improvement StandardReport Calls for Congress to Add Oral Health and Other Key Coverage to Medicare and MedicaidHHS Inspector General Issues Report on Focused Infection Control Surveys in Nursing … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 31, 2020

More Infection Control Deficiencies Cited in Nursing Homes – Most Considered “No Harm”COVID-19 Vaccines and Racial Equity ConsiderationsRRF Foundation for Aging President Pens Article on COVID and Older AdultsMore Infection Control … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 23, 2020

Center for Medicare Advocacy Urges Incoming Administration to Suspend Direct Contracting Demonstration“Observation Status” May Disproportionately Burden Medicare Beneficiaries in the Most Vulnerable NeighborhoodsConfirmed: Without Good Oral Health, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 17, 2020