12/30/10 - Medicare Changes Effective January 1, 2011

12/23/10 - Be Cautious Before Combining Medicare and Medicaid

12/16/10 - Medicare Home Health Regs: Improvement NOT Required; Also Extender Act and More

12/09/10 - Medicare General Enrollment begins January 1st: Limited Opportunity for Some States to Expand QMB Coverage

12/02/10 - Two Federal Courts Reject "Improvement Standard" for Denying Medicare Coverage.

11/25/10 - You Can Leave the Nursing Home! (Fall 2010 Update)

11/18/10 - Medicare Annual Enrollment Started November 15, 2010: Carefully Review Coverage and Options

11/10/10 - 2011 Cost-Sharing Details

11/04/10 - When a Medicare Advantage Plan Does Not Renew Its Contract

10/28/10 - Health Care Reform Does Not Cut Medicare Benefits

10/21/10 - Social Security: No Cost of Living Adjustment; Medicare: No Change for most, Higher Premiums for Some

10/14/10 - CMS Reassigns Certain "Extra Help" Recipients to New Part D Plans

10/07/10 - Part D Choices - It's that Time Again

09/23/10 - DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Update

09/16/10 - CMA REPORT: Medicare Coverage for Off-label Drug Use

09/09/10 - Affordable care Act Expands Medicare Coverage for Prevention and Wellness

09/02/10 - Medicare Payment for Smoking Cessation Counseling

09/02/10 - Medicare Payment for Smoking Cessation Counseling

09/02/10 - You Can Leave the Nursing Home! (September 2010 Update)

08/26/10 - Extended Observation Stays in Acute Care Hospitals: Criticism, Legislation and Discussion

08/19/10 - Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Nursing Home Residents

08/12/10 - People with Higher Incomes will Pay More for Medicare

08/05/10 - Medicare Solvency; Grandfathered Health Plans; 2010 FPLs

07/29/10 - Medicare's 45th Anniversary: Promise Kept and Promises to Keep

07/22/10 - Recommendations for a Beneficiary-Centered Office for Dual Eligibles

07/15/10 - Health Information Technology: A New Commitment to Meaningful Use

07/01/10 - Accountable Care Organizations Should Increase Care Coordination in Traditional Medicare

06/24/10 - Health Reform: Linking Medicare Payment to Quality Outcomes

06/17/10 - Health Reform: the Nursing Home Provisions

06/10/10 - Health Reform in Action - Donut Hole Rebate Checks Start Arriving June 10, 2010

06/03/10 - New Rules for Medicare Part C and D Plans

05/27/10 - Health Reform Mandates Changes for Medigap Policies

05/20/10 - New GAO Report Demonstrates Need for Stronger Enforcement of Nursing Home Quality Standards: Health Reform Provisions Could Help

05/13/10 - Health Care Reform Brings State High Risk Health Insurance Pools

05/06/10 - A New Entity from Health Reform: the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation

04/29/10 - Pennsylvania Settles Lawsuit to Increase Access to Medicare for Low Income Beneficiaries

04/22/10 - Health Care Reform and Low Income Beneficiaries

04/15/10 - Medicare Advantage and Part D News - for 2011

04/08/10 - Changes to Medicare Advantage Plans and Prescription Drug Plans Under Health Care Reform

04/01/10 - Interim Final Rules to Implement the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 Go Into Effect on April 5, 2010

03/25/10 - Off-Label Drug Use is Common and Hurts Nursing Home Residents

03/25/10 - Health Reform Legislation is Now Law

03/18/10 - Making Health Information Technology Meaningful

03/18/10 - Flash: Health Care Reform News

03/11/10 - CMS Sanctions Missouri Medicaid for Overly Restrictive Home Health Standards

03/11/10 - CMS Terminates Its Medicare Contract with a Part D Plan     (Espanol)

03/11/10 - Puerto Rican Birth Certificates to Become Invalid     (Español)

03/04/10 - Medicare General Enrollment Will End March 31: Limited Opportunity for Some States to Expand QMB Coverage

03/04/10 - Temporary Extension Act Affects Medicare Therapy Caps Exception Process, Medicare Physician's Payments, and Other Programs

02/25/10 - States Get Fiscal Relief for Some Part D Related Expenses

02/25/10 - Waiver of Collection from Beneficiaries in the Medicare Secondary Payer Program

02/18/10 - "Observation Services": What can Beneficiaries and Advocates Do?

02/18/10 - Notice of Special Enrollment Period for Certain Beneficiaries in Universal American Medicare advantage Plans

02/11/10 - Health Care Reform: The ABC's of Delivery System Reform

02/04/10 - Nursing Home Residents' Access to Physicians and Pain Medication

01/28/10 - New Federal Poverty Levels will affect eligibility for many federal health programs.

01/21/10 - Part B Premium: Who Pays What, and Why?

01/14/10 - Medicare Issues Final Rules for Medicare Appeals

01/07/10 - Serious Deficiencies in Nursing Facilities are Understated, and the Problem May Get Worse