Overview The Medicare Annual Coordinated Election Period (AEP) – the period during which individuals with Medicare can make coverage choices for the coming year – lasts until December 7th. During this time, people can enroll in, switch, or … [Read more...] about Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Season Enters Final Weeks: Few People Compare Options, and the Means of Comparison are Often Flawed
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Medicare & You 2021 – An Assessment of Bias in Favor of Medicare Advantage
Introduction It is critical that Medicare beneficiaries know all of their options when it comes to their health coverage. Currently a Medicare beneficiary can receive her coverage through Original (sometimes called “traditional”) Medicare or … [Read more...] about Medicare & You 2021 – An Assessment of Bias in Favor of Medicare Advantage
Real Medicare Matters
Where We Are and Where We Need to Go to Enhance Medicare for ALL Beneficiaries In 2015, for Medicare’s 50th anniversary, the Center for Medicare Advocacy published a series of articles entitled Medicare Matters: 50 Insights for Medicare’s 50th … [Read more...] about Real Medicare Matters
Reflections on the 7th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture
On April 30, 2020, the Center for Medicare Advocacy held its seventh annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture. Due to the ongoing COVID health crisis, the Center adapted the in-person program to a … [Read more...] about Reflections on the 7th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture
March 2020 – Updates to Payment v. Coverage: barriers to Medicare-Covered Care & Other Issues
Updates on Payment v. Coverage – Access to Care Threats (Dara Valanejad)Home Health and Skilled Nursing FacilitiesMedicare Learning Network article re: Home Health (Feb. 10, 2020): https://www.cms.gov/files/document/se20005.pdfCMA Issue Brief: … [Read more...] about March 2020 – Updates to Payment v. Coverage: barriers to Medicare-Covered Care & Other Issues
Nursing Facilities and Medicare Advantage: If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em . . . But What About the Medicare Beneficiaries?
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) do not like the prior authorization requirements, limited lengths of stay for residents, and lower Medicare reimbursement rates that are associated with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Some SNFs are responding to … [Read more...] about Nursing Facilities and Medicare Advantage: If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em . . . But What About the Medicare Beneficiaries?
Issue Brief – July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & other Issues
1. UPDATES on the BENES Act and PART D LEGISLATION Guest Speaker: Lindsey Copeland from the Medicare Rights Center Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act (S. 1280/H.R. 2477) Medicare Rights Center … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – July 2019 – Legislative Updates, Rollback of Nursing Home Oversight & other Issues
Issue Brief – March 2019 – Medicare Education & Outreach, and Other Issues
1. MEDICARE EDUCATION & OUTREACH At a February 8, 2019 meeting of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) National Medicare Education Program (NMEP), the agency released information about the 2018 Annual Coordinated Election … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – March 2019 – Medicare Education & Outreach, and Other Issues
Home Health Aide Coverage Continues to Shrink: Attention Must Be Paid
As we have reported in the past, the ability to get Medicare-covered home health aide care has greatly declined in recent years. This is true even when individuals meet the law’s homebound and skilled care requirements – and thus qualify for … [Read more...] about Home Health Aide Coverage Continues to Shrink: Attention Must Be Paid
Issue Brief – January 2019 – Medicare Advocacy: Highlights from 2018 and Looking Forward in 2019
Disclaimer: the views expressed in this Issue Brief and during the Alliance call are solely those of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. ACCESS TO CARE Home Health Between April 2017 and October 2018, the Center completed the … [Read more...] about Issue Brief – January 2019 – Medicare Advocacy: Highlights from 2018 and Looking Forward in 2019