1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (266+ words) Congress faces a critical deadline on Medicare counseling services for seniors. The mandatory funding that powers the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) expires on December 31, 2027, halfway through the current five-year state grant cycle. Without congressional action before that date,…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (76+ words) GREA receives talk on Medicare Gloucester Mathews Gazette Journal GREA receives talk on Medicare To view the rest of this article, you must log in. If you do not have an account with us, please subscribe here. Do you have…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (125+ words) Wealth Management Full Care to Partial Service Coverage Retrofitting clients’ estate planning to make Medicaid work in 2026 Increasing gaps in Medicaid-funded long-term care (LTC) have shifted the focus of attorneys in elder law towards helping clients in reorganizing assets to…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago   (298+ words) "This responsibility has never been simple," explains Jon Bogenreif, president and CEO. "But as Medicare evolved, Noridian evolved with it, building the expertise, systems and scale necessary to accurately and fairly support millions of health care interactions every year." Through…...

25+ min ago   (524+ words) Congressional Progressive caucus say ‘healthcare should not be a privilege’ as they champions single payer system The Congressional Progressive caucus (CPC) held a shadow hearing on Medicare for All on Wednesday, led by Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell. National Nurses…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1052+ words) South Floridians enrolled in certain Medicare Advantage plans could soon find themselves locked out of in-network care with the University of Miami Health System. UHealth patients insured through a Medicare Advantage plan that is part of Florida’s Preferred Care Network,…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1194+ words) The program helps people have more good days and live independently. Policymakers should take steps to expand it. After a stroke, Jim Burke struggled to walk and felt isolated. Then he was referred to a PACE center, and everything changed....

6+ hour, 27+ min ago   (226+ words) At 9.8% of premium equivalents, health plan administrative costs were higher by 0.5 percentage points from 2024. Administrative costs were affected by a 5.4% decline in staffing ratios, an increase in compensation likely affected by a shift towards more expensive employees and a decline…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (836+ words) Iowa health insurance companies are proposing premium increases for Affordable Care Act customers in 2027, affecting thousands of Iowans. The proposal comes after insurers increased premiums for ACA-marketplace customers in 2026 by an average of 15.3% in Iowa. The proposed premium increases come…...

7+ hour, 14+ min ago   (365+ words) A new study published in JAMA puts hard numbers behind something patients and doctors have been telling me for years: getting a prescription filled increasingly means running an obstacle course of denials, prior authorization forms, and step therapy requirements — and…...