Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) care can be covered by Medicare if it meets the following criteria:Note: Medicare Advantage plans often do not require a prior hospital stay to qualify for SNF coverage.Note: “Daily” is defined as seven … [Read more...] about When Should Medicare Coverage Be Available For Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Care?
Medicare Basics
CMS Issues New “Medicare Beneficiaries at a Glance” Statistics
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated summary of "Medicare Beneficiaries at a Glance" statistics. Updated with the 2020 data, the infographic serves as a quick reference to help policy makers and the general … [Read more...] about CMS Issues New “Medicare Beneficiaries at a Glance” Statistics
“Medicare & You” Continues to Reverse Bias Towards, and More Accurately Describe, Medicare Advantage
The Medicare & You Handbook is widely read by beneficiaries who often use it as their sole or primary source of information about Medicare. In contrast to advertising and other promotion by companies and their agents seeking to sell products in … [Read more...] about “Medicare & You” Continues to Reverse Bias Towards, and More Accurately Describe, Medicare Advantage
2023 Medicare Cost Sharing Released
On September 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs, as well as the 2023 Medicare Part D income-related monthly … [Read more...] about 2023 Medicare Cost Sharing Released
2022 Medicare Cost-Sharing Rates Released
On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs.Each year, Medicare premiums, deductibles, and copayment … [Read more...] about 2022 Medicare Cost-Sharing Rates Released
Increased Medicare Costs for 2022 – A Look Behind the Numbers
On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released 2022 Medicare cost-sharing, premium and co-pay amounts. Most significantly, the monthly Part B premium is increasing from $148.50 in 2021 to $170.10 in … [Read more...] about Increased Medicare Costs for 2022 – A Look Behind the Numbers
2020 Medicare Cost-Sharing Rates Released
On November 8, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2020 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs.Each year, Medicare premiums, deductibles, and copayment … [Read more...] about 2020 Medicare Cost-Sharing Rates Released
2017 Medicare Cost Sharing
Part A Monthly Premium (For those not automatically enrolled)0-29 qualifying quarters of employment: $413.00 30-39 quarters: $227.00Inpatient HospitalDeductible, Per Spell of Illness: $1316.00 Co-pay, Days 1 – … [Read more...] about 2017 Medicare Cost Sharing
2016 Cost-Sharing Announced
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the Medicare premium, deductible and co-pay amounts for 2016. As the Center for Medicare Advocacy has extensively reported, the Part B Premium, which was feared to spike … [Read more...] about 2016 Cost-Sharing Announced
Part B and the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
Today the Social Security Administration announced that, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation numbers released today, there will be no Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2016. The announcement makes official the assumption underlying the … [Read more...] about Part B and the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)