Biden Sabotages Medicare Advantage
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medicare Can Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs for Heart Disease -- But at What Cost?
(MedPage Today) -- On March 8, 2024, FDA approved Wegovy (semaglutide) to treat cardiovascular disease risks -- heart attack, stroke, and death -- for obese or overweight adults with a history of cardiovascular disease, making it the first... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medicare Advantage cuts pressure nursing homes
Changes to Medicare Advantage plans could result in many nursing homes seeing lower reimbursements for patients in 2025. Rate adjustments affect seniors and their health care providers each year, whether they're on traditional Medicare or the privatized Medicare Advantage plans. The lower…#medicareadvantage #medicare #centersformedicare #medicaidservices #altogether #christopherwestfall #seniorsavingsnetwork #westfall #florida #rickscott (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hackers stole 340,000 Social Security numbers from government consulting firm
U.S. consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates disclosed a data breach in which hackers stole 341,650 Social Security numbers. The data breach was disclosed on Friday on Maine’s government website, where the state posts data breach notifications. In its data breach notice sent by mail to…#socialsecurity #maine #gma #justicedepartment #medicare #linnfreedman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why more Americans are making hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts
For a growing number of Americans, retirement accounts are doing double duty as savings accounts for the future and emergency funds for the here and now. Vanguard Group says that 2023 saw early withdrawals from a record 3.6 percent of the 5 million accounts it administers, up from 2.8 percent in…#vanguardgroup #robenfarzad #johnyang #amystrivers #colorado #socialsecurity #medicare #unclesam #ubers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bitcoin Maxi Reveals Why BTC Will Outperform USD By 100x
Renowned Bitcoin maximalist Fred Krueger has made a bold prediction regarding the future dominance of Bitcoin over the US dollar (USD). In a recent statement, Krueger stated that BTC is set to outpace the US dollar by 100x in the next 12 years. Moreover, he highlighted the stark contrast between…#fredkrueger #bitcoin #posthalving #medicare #michaëlvandepoppe #sharetanks #recoverysoon #bitcoinhalving (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What You Need To Know About Social Security Disability Benefits
We’d all like to think that we could never succumb to a disability. However, for 42.5 million Americans, living with a disability is their everyday life. If you’re struggling with a disability, you’re far from alone. Thankfully, a vital safety net exists – Social Security Disability Insurance.…#ssdi #socialsecurity #medicare #ssa #learn (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statement from President Joe Biden on the March Jobs Report
Today’s report marks a milestone in America’s comeback. Three years ago, I inherited an economy on the brink. With today’s report of 303,000 new jobs in March, we have passed the milestone of 15 million jobs created since I took office. That’s 15 million more people who have the dignity and…#congressional #republicans #socialsecurity #medicare #medicaid (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medicare IHC Claims With Melanoma Dxs Increased, Study Finds Medicare IHC Claims With Melanoma Dxs Increased, Study Finds
With sparse guidance regarding best practices for IHC in melanoma diagnosis, more research is needed to optimize use of IHC in this setting, according to the authors.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 5, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Validation of a rule-based ICD-10-CM algorithm to detect fall injuries in Medicare data - Ganz DA, Esserman D, Latham NK, Kane M, Min LC, Gill TM, Reuben DB, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ.
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis-code-based algorithms to identify fall injuries in Medicare data are useful for ascertaining outcomes in interventional and observational studies. However, these algorithms have not been validated against a fully external reference st... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year 2024--Remaining Provisions and Contract Year 2025 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, etc.
Pre-publication notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) revising regulations for Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Revisions include Star Ratings, marketing and communications, agent/broker compensation, health equity, dual-eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), utilization management, network adequacy, and other programmatic areas. These regulations are effective June 3, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the following information collections: 1) Outcome and Assessment Information Set OASIS-E1; 2) Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and Medicare Fee-For-Service Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey; 3) Application for Part A (Hospital Insurance) and Part B (Medical Insurance) for People with End-Stage Renal Disease; and 4) End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Annual Home Dialysis within Nursing Home Survey Form. Comments are due by June 4, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 5, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the following information collections: 1) Application for Enrollment in Medicare Part A Internet Claim (iClaim) Application Screen Modernized Claims System and Consolidated Claim Experience Screens and 2) CAHPS Hospice Survey. Comments are due by June 3, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
Notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2025. Includes proposals regarding changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; the adoption of the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which would change the hospice wage index; clarifications to current policy related to the "election statement" and the
"notice of election;" and clarifying language regarding hospice certification. Among other things, this rule seeks comments regarding the potential implementat...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
‘Finally, finally we beat Big Pharma’: Biden and Bernie team to lower cost of inhalers, other costs
President Joe Biden teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to promote his administration’s efforts to lower the cost of inhalers and other health care needs, as the White House continues its effort to highlight Biden’s legislative achievements to voters ahead of the November elections.…#berniesanders #sanders #indiantreatyroom #democrats #medicare #vermont #seungminkim (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
