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
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CMA Alert | January 28, 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
CMA Alert | January 21, 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
CMA Alert | January 14, 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
CMA Alert | January 7, 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
CMA Alert | December 31, 2020
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
CMA Alert | December 23, 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
CMA Alert | December 17, 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
CMA Alert | December 10, 2020
Welcome News: Xavier Becerra Nominated as Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCenter for Medicare Advocacy Comments on Harmful Proposed Rule that Would Automatically Expire Regulations Governing Medicare and Other Important ProgramsCMS Replaces all … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 10, 2020
CMA Alert | December 3, 2020
Medicare Annual Enrollment Period Ends December 7thUpdated - COVID-19: An Advocates Guide to Beneficiary Related Medicare ChangesNursing Home Residents and COVID-19: Staffing and Quality of Care MatterCOVID-19 and TeethUtah Removes Age Discrimination … [Read more...] about CMA Alert | December 3, 2020