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Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem — Chronic Illness
North Denver News· 15 hours agoNearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with chronic conditions by paying their doctors an additional monthly fee to coordinate ...
Medicare's push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoAt least two-thirds of Medicare enrollees have two or more chronic health conditions, federal data...
CMS Publishes Final Rules Implementing Part C and Part D Program Changes | JD Supra
JD Supra· 13 hours agoThe rules will implement changes related to many areas, including, for example, Star Ratings, marketing and communications standards and requirements, agent/broker compensation, health ...
Was President Biden correct in saying Medicare Part D will cap costs at $2,000 for drugs?
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoBiden spokesperson pointed to an analysis by KFF, a nonpartisan source of health care policy...
Nashville's health disparities by race and income are wide, but incentives are a solution
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThe program effectively removes...PPO and the Nashville Electric Service medical plan, offering...
Caring for older Americans’ teeth and gums is essential, but Medicare generally doesn’t cover that...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn 2016, only 21% of beneficiaries in traditional Medicare had purchased a stand-alone dental plan,...
RI's nursing home staffing law isn't being enforced. Now there's a new federal mandate.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoBut the state Department of Health never fined any of the nursing homes that failed to meet the...
Medicare’s Push To Improve Chronic Care Attracts Businesses, but Not Many Doctors | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 5 days agoA Medicare scheme to lower costs of chronic care patients gets a thumbs down from most MDs, perhaps because it was designed for middlemen?
Most working-age cancer survivors suffer financial hardship
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHealth Interview Survey (NHIS) for the years 2019 through 2021, comprising more than 90,000...
TikTok’s reckoning
Politico· 1 day agoConcern about cost is the biggest impediment to extending Medicare coverage of telehealth, which Congress first expanded during the pandemic’s height....