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Special Report: Telehealth and the Medicare Population: Building a Foundation for the Virtual Health Care Revolution From 2019 to 2020, the use of telehealth by Medicare beneficiaries increased over 6,000%. As the United States slowly emerges from … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | May 26, 2022

Join Us! Join our community next week for the Center’s upcoming special virtual event, the 9th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit & Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture on Wednesday, May 18 via live webcast. Together, we’ll examine how to … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | May 12, 2022

CMS Issues Proposed Rule That Will Address Significant Medicare Enrollment Pitfalls and Provide Other Important Help On April 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register titled … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | April 28, 2022

Members of Congress Send Letter to CMS Urging Agency to Address Medicare Advantage Overpayments On April 20, 2022, 19 members of the House and Senate sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | April 21, 2022

Federal Government Must Enact and Enforce Nurse Staffing Standards for Nursing Facilities At a roundtable discussion with HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on March 30, which the Center for Medicare Advocacy attended as one of seven invitees, Mark … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | April 14, 2022

Instability In Staffing Levels at Nursing Homes Affects Quality of Care for Residents Nursing home staffing levels often decline on weekends. In November 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identified facilities with low … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 24, 2022

Recent Solicitation Scams Target Medicare-Eligible Adults A recent report in The Roanoke Times highlighted a growing vulnerability in the Medicare system – suspicious phone solicitations targeting potential beneficiaries as they prepare to sign up … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 17, 2022

CMS Needs to Rein in Medicare Advantage Overpayments and Heighten Oversight of Insurance Industry Center Comments Regarding CMS’ Advanced Payment Notice and Proposed Part C & D Rule The Center for Medicare Advocacy recently submitted … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 10, 2022

House GOP Accuses Dems of Trying to Rein in Medicare Advantage Overpayments in Order to Expand Benefits to All Medicare Beneficiaries: If Only This Were True… When it comes to Medicare policy discussions on Capitol Hill, two things are commonly … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | March 3, 2022

What Happened to Harm and Jeopardy Deficiencies Cited – and Penalties Imposed – at Nursing Facilities? In a related CMA Alert, the Center for Medicare Advocacy discussed the 50 nursing home decisions issued by Administrative Law Judges in 2020, … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | February 24, 2022