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Viewpoints On Medicare: Advantage Program Offers Roadmap To Improving The Program; Rare Bipartisan Support For Doctor Pay Fix

July 3, 2013 Morning Briefing

Several outlets offer opinions on the Medicare system.

Office Nurses’ Role Evolves In Marketplace; Studies Look At Heart Procedures

July 10, 2013 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal examines how companies, facing higher insurance costs, are using office nurses to “nudge employees about long-term, expensive conditions.” Meanwhile, heart studies probe where hospitals are building new angioplasty centers and how Medicare Advantage handles cardiac treatment.

Affordable Care Act Brings More Money, More Stress To Illinois Clinics

By Joel Hood, Chicago Tribune October 18, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Health centers expand thanks to federal grants, but increased competition could hurt smaller facilities.

Dartmouth Study Questions Widely Used Risk-Adjustment Methods

By Jordan Rau February 21, 2013 KFF Health News Original

In evaluating a hospital and health plan in the increasingly expensive U.S. health care system, federal officials and researchers often first factor in an assessment of how sick their patients are. A new study, however, challenges the validity of several widely used “risk-adjustment” efforts and suggests that Medicare is overpaying some plans and facilities while […]

Probe Of Medicare Advantage Leak Finds Wide Speculation On Deal

May 14, 2013 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports many people were talking about a possible compromise.

Medical Research, FDA And Mental Health Programs Face Budget Bite

By Mary Agnes Carey March 1, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Federal funding for Medicaid is untouched but doctors, hospitals and other Medicare providers will see a 2 percent reduction.

Medicare Targets Health Plans With Low Ratings

November 5, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Medicare officials are encouraging 525,000 beneficiaries to switch out of these 26 Medicare Advantage and drug plans that have received low ratings for three consecutive years.

How To File A Medicare Appeal

By Susan Jaffe December 17, 2012 KFF Health News Original

A basic guide and resources if you want to get Medicare to reverse a coverage decision.

Enrollment Season Opens For Medicare Advantage And Drug Plans

By Susan Jaffe October 15, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Today, Medicare beneficiaries can begin choosing their drug and medical coverage for 2013, and most seniors are expected to stick with the same policies they have already, despite price changes and a rating system that shows some plans may be better than others. Seniors have been reluctant to change plans, even if there are cheaper […]

Medicare & Aging News From KFF Health News — 2012

February 11, 2013 Page

KFF Health News has had a variety of coverage about Medicare, long-term care and other issues affecting seniors’ quality of care and life. Below is a complete list of our 2012 coverage. See Stories Published In: 2014 | 2013 KFF Health News’s coverage of aging and long-term care issues is produced with support from The […]

UnitedHealth Issues Warning Over Medicare Advantage Cuts

April 19, 2013 Morning Briefing

UnitedHealth attributed a 14 percent drop in profits in the first quarter to higher medical costs. The nation’s largest insurer also warned that cuts to Medicare Advantage plans could hamper its earnings growth next year.

Former Congressional Staffer Faces Scrutiny In Medicare Advantage Leak

April 18, 2013 Morning Briefing

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, continues asking questions about a recent Medicare Advantage leak that reverberated through the stock market, while members of the Senate Finance Committee react to the Medicare funding reductions advanced by President Barack Obama.

Study Finds Premium Support Plan Could Raise Medicare Premiums In Many Parts of Country

By Jordan Rau October 15, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Seniors in both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans would be affected by the change, according to research that looks at how a voucher system would have worked in 2010.

Insurance Marketplace 101: Answering Consumer Questions

By KFF Health News Editors September 17, 2013 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Appleby were hosted by the Washington Post’s Charity Brown earlier today for a live discussion with Post readers about how the new online marketplaces will work under the health law. A transcript of that discussion is posted below. MARY AGNES CAREY: Welcome to today’s chat about the online marketplaces. […]

Sebelius: We’re Open to ‘Uniquely Texan’ Approach

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune August 8, 2013 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is open to allowing Texas to expand Medicaid coverage under Obamacare in a way that is “uniquely Texan,” HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday in Austin.

The Stock Market, Medicare Advantage Rates And ‘Political Intelligence’

April 4, 2013 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports that a tip about a recent a health policy decision drove insurers’ stock prices up and is now adding to questions about the “political intelligence” industry.

‘Doc Fix’ In ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Plan Cuts Medicare Hospital Payments

By Mary Agnes Carey January 1, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Updated at 9:30 a.m. on January 2. Legislation passed by Congress New Year’s Day to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff” would stop a scheduled payment cut in Medicare physician payments. But hospitals, which have to bear a major part of financing for that “doc fix,” are not happy. The bill would require that, over the […]

Firm Relies On Medicare Experience As It Prepares To Open Federal Health Exchange Calls Centers

By Susan Jaffe June 21, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Vangent already handles more than 60,000 calls a day about Medicare but will soon add an expected 200,000 questions about the marketplaces set up by the health law.

Rate Boost To Medicare Advantage Plans Powers Insurers’ Stock Surge

April 3, 2013 Morning Briefing

Health insurers led gains on Wall Street Tuesday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reversed plans to make payment cuts to Medicare Advantage plans and instead offered a 3.3 percent increase.

House Republicans Attack Obama Administration On Medicare Advantage

September 21, 2012 KFF Health News Original

In this edition of Health on the Hill, KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey interviews CQ Roll Call’s Emily Ethridge about today’s House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on the health law’s cuts to the private Medicare Advantage program.

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