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STAT+: Trump gives major lift to 2026 Medicare Advantage payments
07 Apr 2025 22:45 GMT
… year.
President Trump’s Medicare agency finalized a rule Monday … The increase is greater because Medicare’s actuaries used more updated … are enrolled in the traditional Medicare program, which is used … to calculate how much Medicare Advantage plans should be …
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STAT+: A Medicare surprise, and a policy researcher purge
07 Apr 2025 22:45 GMT
… the prospects of Medicare going “bankrupt.” Medicare can’t really … was “unprecedented.” The Medicare Trustees report will be … on artificial intelligence” for Medicare Advantage plans. The proposal … of dollars from the Medicare Advantage program.
The ERISA …
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US health insurers jump as 2026 Medicare payment rates exceed expectations
07 Apr 2025 22:10 GMT
… reimbursement rates for 2026 Medicare Advantage health plans run … January.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS … ), which oversees Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs … CMS is ensuring that Medicare Advantage continues to offer …
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Health Insurers Surge After Medicare Agency Increases Payment Rates
07 Apr 2025 22:01 GMT
… from the Trump administration for Medicare Advantage, under which private companies … can offer Medicare-approved insurance plans.
“By finalizing … high-quality, affordable healthcare through Medicare Advantage,” CMS said.
Here’s …
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Sticker Shock: Personal Financial Factors Leading New Medicare Beneficiaries to Choose Medicare Advantage over Traditional Medicare
07 Apr 2025 18:56 GMT
… LEADING NEW MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO CHOOSE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OVER TRADITIONAL MEDICARE 2 Approach … LEADING NEW MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO CHOOSE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE OVER TRADITIONAL MEDICARE 5 Figures …
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Healthcare stocks rally, US govt. to pay more to Medicare plans
07 Apr 2025 21:52 GMT
… government will be paying private Medicare Advantage plans more money next … the industry. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services saying in … the move is ensuring that Medicare Advantage continues to offer access …
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Trump rejects Biden administration plan to let Medicare cover obesity drugs
07 Apr 2025 19:31 GMT
… officials argued statutory restrictions preventing Medicare from covering the medications … Friday also codifies provisions restricting Medicare Advantage plans’ ability to … authorization.”
Meanwhile, the Better Medicare Alliance, which lobbies on behalf …
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Does Medicare cover electric wheelchairs?
07 Apr 2025 20:36 GMT
… power wheelchair.
Under Original Medicare, Medicare Part B may cover … equipment (DME) benefit.
Medicare may provide coverage for different … a prescription from a Medicare-affiliated doctor.
This … it from an authorized Medicare supplier
the prescribing …
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Trump rejects Biden-era plan to let Medicare cover obesity drugs
07 Apr 2025 20:20 GMT
… coverage, noting it could address Medicare prescription drug coverage of obesity … medications in future rulemaking. Currently, Medicare is forbidden by law from … officials argued statutory restrictions preventing Medicare from covering the medications could …
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Medicare Won't Cover Weight-Loss Drugs
07 Apr 2025 19:56 GMT
… Zepbound for its beneficiaries.
Medicare and Medicaid recipients can … treat obesity under Medicare Part D for Medicare Advantage.
“While … through private plans and through Medicare Advantage. “We will … nearly 7.5 million Medicare and Medicaid recipients won …