By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, June 29, 2022 (Kaiser News) — Congress ought to crack down on Medicare Advantage well being plans for seniors that generally deny sufferers very important medical care whereas overcharging the federal government billions of {dollars} yearly, authorities watchdogs advised a House panel Tuesday. Witnesses sharply criticized the fast-growing […]
April 8, 2022 — Federal officers have made their closing determination: Medicare will solely pay for sufferers to get the brand new Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) if the sufferers are collaborating in medical trials. On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its nationwide protection willpower for aducanumab and different comparable medication […]
Feb. 4, 2022 Medicare will cowl the price of over-the-counter fast COVID-19 assessments starting within the “early spring,” in accordance with an announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Thursday. People enrolled in both Original Medicare or Medicare Advantage will be capable of choose up as many as eight assessments per thirty […]
Jan. 7, 2022 — The Biden administration mentioned this week it intends to problem insurance coverage firms to ship higher service to folks enrolled in Medicare, together with making use of reductions on medication lined by Part D extra on to their pharmacy prices. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday unveiled […]
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Wednesday, October 27, 2021 (Kaiser News) — When Teresa Nolan Barensfeld turned 65 final yr, she shortly selected a personal Medicare Advantage plan to cowl her well being bills. Barensfeld, a contract editor from Chatham, New York, favored that it lined her medicines, whereas her native hospitals and her […]