The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just announced the final rule regarding Medicare Advantage payments in 2026. Notwithstanding $83 billion in overpayments to MA insurers last year and ...
Diane Archer
2025: Government finalizes new Medicare Advantage policies
Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule regarding Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Prescription Drug (Part D) policy. The rule will take effect in...
AI can second-guess physicians and improve care
Regardless of what we think about the benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) for medical treatment, physicians are now using AI in a variety of ways. One way that AI can benefit patients is...
How to reach age 70 free of major chronic conditions
New research reveals that people who eat healthy in midlife increase the likelihood that they will reach the age of 70 without major chronic conditions, reports Maya Goldstein for the Harvard School...
Medicare Advantage costs and prior authorization rules impede...
Medicare Advantage costs and prior authorization rules continue to impede access to care. Anyone enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan–Medicare coverage administered by a corporate health...
How much profit should shareholders reap from health care?
A group of Yale researchers looked at where all the profits from the health care industrial complex flow. They found that the vast majority of money earned by pharmaceutical corporations, for-profit...
Republicans look to end Medicare Advantage overpayments
More members of Congress on both sides of the aisle are looking at ways to end massive overpayments to Medicare Advantage insurers as a means of reducing federal spending, reports Peter Sullivan for...
Few psychiatrists accept Medicare
If you and your spouse are not working, you likely need to enroll in Medicare at 65. But, as with many health insurance policies, it is extremely difficult to find psychiatrists who will accept...
Medicaid is a benefit for the middle-class
Many people do not appreciate how important Medicaid is for middle-class families, reports Ron Lieber for the New York Times. While Medicaid benefits tens of millions of lower-income families...
Warning: Poor sleep can increase risk of dementia
Judy George reports for MedPage Today on new findings published in Neurology showing that women in their 80’s with poor sleep patterns are at increased risk for dementia. In fact, older women...