Puerto Rico’s health care industry is raising the alarm over disparities in how the territory’s Medicare plans are funded, hurting the quality of services for around 630,000 senior citizens. In a joint letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
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Medicare Payment Cuts Urged for Nursing Homes, Other Providers
A key advisory panel to Congress on Tuesday recommended increasing Medicare payment rates for acute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals, and outpatient dialysis facilities next year, while calling for a 5% pay cut for nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual March […]
Medicare: What are DCEs And Why Should You Care?
When Katie Porter speaks, you can believe what she says (10 minutes, but very important) Have you ever heard of Direct Contracting Entities? If you have you are a rare person. I just became aware of them when I was directed to this article on a website called elderlawanswers.com. Direct […]
Study Finds Medicare Insufficient on Mental Health Care
The survey also found that Medicare beneficiaries (26 percent of them) were most likely to report skipping or putting off needed mental health care because of costs, while fewer than 1 in 10 older adults in the U.K., France, Germany and Sweden reported doing so. “This is a problem that […]
Medicare and Mental Health – Plans, Services, Helplines
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Medicare enrollees face an increased risk of having mental health concerns. Fortunately, Medicare covers counseling, which can help make support more accessible for you. Mental health programs and services are designed to help diagnose and treat mental health needs. As a beneficiary, you can take advantage of depression screenings, counseling […]
Medicare telehealth providers in 2022
Query: Has the Medicare telemedicine record modified for 2022? Reply: As Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies (CMS) continues to guage the inclusion of telehealth providers that have been quickly added to the Medicare telehealth providers record in the course of the COVID-19 public well being emergency, they’ve finalized that […]
‘It is a Public Well being Problem!’ MSNBC Host Makes Case for Medicare for All
MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan used his major-network platform on Sunday to make the case for Medicare for All as a crucial public well being measure, pointing to a brand new examine exhibiting {that a} single-payer system designed to ensure complete protection to everybody may have prevented greater than 338,000 coronavirus […]
Medicare Fraud Prevention Week focuses preventing Medicare fraud
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – This week is Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, an important time period that could save you money, whether you’re on Medicare or not. Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year. It costs Medicare beneficiaries time, stress, their medical identities, and potentially their health. It costs […]
FAQs on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage in Medicare
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy physical and mental health toll on all ages, including older adults, heightening interest in strategies to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services generally, and in Medicare. In April 2022 – more than two years into the pandemic – […]
Joel Mekler | Medicare Moments: Medicare’s PACE Program: What is it and how can it help | Lifestyles
If you’re looking for ways to stay out of an institutional setting like a nursing home — and who wouldn’t — you might want to learn more about PACE. PACE is shorthand for Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, not to be confused with the Pennsylvania State Pharmaceutical Assistance […]