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Angel Heinz

May 9, 2025

Angel Hardy Heinz is the Public Policy Manager for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. In this role Angel serves as the key liaison on behalf of the Reeve Foundation for Coalitions focused on disability policy and advocacy initiatives. Angel … [Read more...] about Angel Heinz

Sheri Denkensohn

May 9, 2025

Sheri Denkensohn, JD is a 41-year quadriplegic. Sheri attended the University at Albany, received her law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center, and worked for the Federal Government for 25 years, 19 years at the US Department of Health and … [Read more...] about Sheri Denkensohn

Melanie Lambert

May 9, 2025

Melanie Lambert, MSW, recently joined the Center for Medicare Advocacy as Senior Medicare Advocate. Ms. Lambert has a background in public service, advocacy, and program management, and with a passion for promoting health equity and social justice. … [Read more...] about Melanie Lambert

Eric Krupa

May 9, 2025

Eric Krupa is a supervising attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. He primarily works to ensure that the Center is a dependable source of information, advocacy, and representation for individual Medicare beneficiaries in the state of … [Read more...] about Eric Krupa

Christine Huberty

May 9, 2025

Christine Huberty is involved in various aspects of the Center’s efforts, from direct advocacy to policy work. Prior to joining the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Christine served as the Lead Benefit Specialist Supervising Attorney at the non-profit … [Read more...] about Christine Huberty

Frank Johns

May 9, 2025

A. Frank Johns was the first North Carolina attorney to earn an LLM, masters in law in Elder Law from Stetson University College of Law (2008), and currently serves on its faculty as an adjunct professor of law. Johns is a leader of the National … [Read more...] about Frank Johns

Lisa Strelecky

May 9, 2025

Lisa Strelecky is a married mother of two from South Windsor, Connecticut. She has been a nurse for a total of 45 years, in both bedside and management roles, and a neonatal intensive care unit nurse for the last 29 years.Her mother Joan was a … [Read more...] about Lisa Strelecky

Dushanka Kleinman

April 16, 2025

Dushanka V. Kleinman D.D.S., M.Sc.D. is Professor Emerita, School of Public Health (SPH), University of Maryland, where she served as the Associate Dean for Research and Principal Associate Dean. During her SPH tenure (2007-2023), she also served on … [Read more...] about Dushanka Kleinman

Julie Appleby

April 15, 2025

Julie Appleby, senior correspondent, has reported on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, health care treatments and costs, trends in health insurance, and policies affecting hospitals and other medical providers. Before joining KFF Health … [Read more...] about Julie Appleby

Sean Cavanaugh

April 10, 2025

Sean Cavanaugh is Aledade’s Chief Policy Officer. Sean has previously served as the Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He was responsible for overseeing the regulation and … [Read more...] about Sean Cavanaugh

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💙 It's Feel Good Friday! Today's feel good news: Medicare’s new GLP-1 Bridge could make treatment more affordable for millions.

Beginning July 1, some eligible people with Part D coverage can access certain weight-management medications for a $50 monthly copay.

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🤖 Should Medicare pay for AI diagnostic software?

CMS is proposing a new payment pathway for algorithm-driven tools that can produce diagnoses, risk scores, or treatment recommendations.

Promise, red flag, or both?

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CMS floats new Medicare payment category for AI diagnostic software: 6 notes 

CMS floats Medicare payment for AI diagnostic software, proposing a new category to standardize reimbursement for algorithm-driven clinical tools.

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Our cardiovascular researcher shares why AFibs happen when you sleep and what can you do about it:

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I’m Having AFib at Night: Should I Be Worried?

There are many reasons why you might go into AFib overnight — from sleep apnea to sleeping on your left side. A cardiovascular researcher explains.

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