Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget8d
Medicare Advantage Will Be Overpaid by $1.2 Trillion
Because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays MA plans more for patients who are higher risk, having more ...
Follow the Money: Medicare Funding Stems From Two Sources
In 2023, Medical News Today reports that the total expenditures for Medicare were around $1 trillion. This money came from ...
The Coalition wants to increase Medicare psychology rebates from 10 to 20 sessions. Here’s what happened last time
The cap on Medicare subsidised psychology sessions rose to 20 during COVID. But there are better ways to achieve the ...
Duluth News Tribune4d
Essentia panelists weigh impact of $880 billion proposed Medicaid cuts
Rising insurance premiums, increased medical debt and longer wait times for patients to receive care were among the top ...
Health Affairs22d
Bridging The Medicare Risk Gap: How AI Can Enhance Coding Accuracy And Equity
As Medicare payment models evolve, reconciling differences in coding intensity between Medicare Advantage (MA) and traditional Medicare (TM) is a persistent challenge. High coding intensity in MA ...
Austin American-Statesman20d
Congress must preserve Medicare funding to protect seniors’ health care | Opinion
Congress just passed legislation to fund the federal government, but lawmakers did so without adding language to protect Medicare patients’ access to their physician. As routinely as switching ...
Stacker on MSN7d
As Medicaid funding receives scrutiny, here’s how it provides care for 72 million
On Jan. 31, Trump said he would “love and cherish” Social Security and Medicare—two programs that disproportionately ... As ...
Newsweek24d
What New Government Funding Bill Means for Medicaid, Medicare
Suzanne Blake is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on consumer and social trends, spanning from retail to restaurants and beyond. She is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill ...
California has a $6.2 billion Medicaid funding gap partly due to expanding immigrant coverage
How will Congress' plan to cut Medicaid funding affect California? The $6.2 billion budget gap is “solvable," lawmakers said this week. But Congress' threats of a Medicaid funding cut could add ...
25 News Now13d
Central Illinois patients, health providers fear impact of Medicaid, Medicare cuts
As the Trump administration pushes for cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and other critical safety net programs, local leaders and ...