This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) is the private plan option in the Medicare program. Enrollment in the program has surged in the past decade and now tops 30 million — nearly half of all Medicare enrollees.

After evaluating the association between the expanded Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits and plan composition, authors determined that adoption was not associated with large demographic shifts ...

This is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicare and Medicaid Integration. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the ...

Recently, both Social Security and Medicare made some major announcements about benefits for 2021. Read 7 Changes Coming to Social Security and Medicare in 2021 from Money Talks News.

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Taxpayers will send an estimated $86 billion to Medicare Advantage insurers this year to pay for ...

In March 2023, a number of ads online claimed a "Grocery Benefit Program" or "Healthy Foods Allowance" would allow seniors to receive money each month for groceries, often by using a Medicare program.

Over the last several years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated trends that encourage the utilization of home-based health care. For example, commercial payers across the country are increasingly ...

A new study of nearly 20,000 Medicare beneficiaries reveals a striking gap in hearing health care, with approximately 90% of those reporting hearing difficulties going without hearing aids. The ...

In an effort to make Massachusetts “a more affordable state to grow older,” the Healey administration recently unveiled a new Medicare program that could help save senior citizens up to $3,000 ...