Medicare - Washington D.C. Newsletter
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Healthy Returns: Medicare, Medicaid will reportedly pilot covering obesity drugs – a potential win for drugmakers
07 Aug 2025 01:02 GMT
… weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the Washington Post reported on … the Biden administration proposed having Medicare and Medicaid cover obesity treatments … health-care: Earnings season saw Medicare Advantage players switching places
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529 Plans, 401(k) Plans, and Using Any Extra Money From Washington
06 Aug 2025 17:24 GMT
… the trust funds that supports Medicare will run dry. In other … to shore up Social Security, Medicare, and the rest of his … Using Any Extra Money From Washington was originally published by The …
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AI Meets Medicare: Inside CMS’s WISeR Model With Sanjay Doddamani, MD, MBA, Part 2
06 Aug 2025 12:32 GMT
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This latest initiative to … on challenges like rising Medicare costs and patients’ growing … , inappropriate services in original Medicare. News release. CMS. … wasteful-inappropriate-services-original-medicare
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OMC responds to our story about threat of losing Medicare funds
06 Aug 2025 07:20 GMT
… danger of losing its Medicare reimbursements following a … Nursing Services, the Medicare provider agreement between CMS … Washington State Department of Health and the Centers for Medicare … full compliance with the Washington Department of Health and …
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Signs Point To Possible Future Medicare Coverage Of Obesity Meds, But Challenges Remain
06 Aug 2025 02:39 GMT
… coverage of obesity medications in Medicare. Second, the Trump administration announced … chronic weight management medications for Medicare recipients.” However, it’s this … , the Washington Post reported, citing documents from the Centers for Medicare and …
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14 Washington rural hospitals face risk of closure under proposed federal cuts
05 Aug 2025 02:04 GMT
… than $500 billion in Medicare reductions.
According to data … the letter identified several Washington facilities that met these … narrow financial margins.
In Washington, several of the hospitals … predicts specific hospitals in Washington will close if Medicaid …
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Many Medicare Cancer Patients Now Have Much Lower Out-Of-Pocket Costs
04 Aug 2025 07:42 GMT
… August 16, 2022, in Washington, DC. The $737 billion … having an impact on Medicare recipients, especially beneficiaries who … and pharmacy benefits under Medicare Advantage, could better afford … , in particular, regarding Medicare drug price negotiations which …
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From DC: Noting Medicare/Medicaid 60th, Justice in Aging Data HCBS Quick, DOJ Civil Liberty Support
03 Aug 2025 14:30 GMT
… Washington:
Noting the 60 th Wedding event wedding anniversary of Medicare … th wedding event anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. Justice in … cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, minimize the injuries to … of the Medicaid and Medicare stipulations of the last …
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About 500,000 Louisianans use Medicare Advantage. But critics say it's overcharging.
03 Aug 2025 09:10 GMT
WASHINGTON — Medicare Advantage, the privately run insurance … ’s Health Insurance Plans, the Washington-based trade association that represents … popular.
Better Medicare Alliance, a Washington-based coalition that promotes Medicare Advantage, conducted …
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Trump administration considering pilot program to cover weight loss drugs under Medicare, Medicaid
03 Aug 2025 00:51 GMT
… -loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Washington Post.
The … documents from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that describe …