Special Update Issue Brief: Medicare Coverage of Dental Services One of the core considerations of the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s Medicare Platform is to expand Medicare coverage to include oral health and dental care for all … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – May 9, 2019
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Special Update – Issue Brief: Medicare Coverage of Dental Services
One of the core considerations of the Center for Medicare Advocacy’s Medicare Platform is to expand Medicare coverage to include oral health and dental care for all beneficiaries. We have also long advocated for coverage of medically … [Read more...] about Special Update – Issue Brief: Medicare Coverage of Dental Services
CMA Alert – March 21, 2019
Average Nursing Home Fine Drops Significantly After Administration Rolls Back Civil Money Penalties Nursing Home Resident Advocates, Not Invited to Testify, Submit Statement for the Record LTCCC Publishes Report on Nursing Home Resident Abuse, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – March 21, 2019
CMA Alert – January 17, 2019
Improve and Expand Medicare: Oral Health Center for Medicare Advocacy is Honored to Welcome Judith Feder, Ph.D as President of our Board of Directors Registered Nurses Are the Key to Reducing Hospital Readmissions of Nursing Home Residents Hot … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – January 17, 2019
CMA Alert – January 3, 2019
Improve Medicare: Correct Medicare Hospital Observation Status Legal Memorandum: Statutory Authority Exists for Medicare to Cover Medically Necessary Oral Health Care Joint Statement on Turmoil in the Nursing Home Industry Improve … [Read more...] about CMA Alert – January 3, 2019
Center Comments on Innovation Center New Direction
November 20, 2017 Via Electronic Submission CMMI_NewDirection@cms.hhs.gov Seema Verma, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, … [Read more...] about Center Comments on Innovation Center New Direction
Center Comments on 2018 Physician Fee Schedule
September 11, 2017 Administrator Seema Verma Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1676-P P.O. Box 8016, Baltimore, MD 21244-8013. Re: CMS-1676 Submitted … [Read more...] about Center Comments on 2018 Physician Fee Schedule
Reflections on the 4th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit
On March 30, 2017, the Center for Medicare Advocacy held its fourth annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC. The Summit convened leading experts and advocates to … [Read more...] about Reflections on the 4th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit
January 2017 – The Fight to Protect ACA, Medicare and Medicaid & Other Issues
Welcome and Housekeeping (David Lipschutz, Moderator) The Fight to Protect the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid - Updates (David Lipschutz and Kata Kertesz) Affordable Care Act (ACA) Congressional … [Read more...] about January 2017 – The Fight to Protect ACA, Medicare and Medicaid & Other Issues
January 2017 – The Fight to Protect the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid & Other Issues
THE FIGHT TO PROTECT THE ACA, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID The President-Elect and Republican leaders in Congress have promised to repeal, and at some point, “replace” the Affordable Care Act. They also plan to gut the Medicaid program … [Read more...] about January 2017 – The Fight to Protect the ACA, Medicare and Medicaid & Other Issues