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Proposed Drug Price Discount Rule: What Effect on Consumers/Providers?
Nearly 20% of Medicare spending goes to cover the cost of prescription drugs, mostly under Part D. After a period of slow growth total and per capita Part D spending has increased in recent years, in large part due to high-priced specialty drugs. Stakeholders on many sides of the drug pricing debate in Washington, DC recognize ...
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Support for Geriatric Workforce Improvement Act
The legislation would address the widening gap between the number of health care providers educated and trained to meet the special needs of people as they age and the rapidly growing population of people aged 65 and over. The bill would reauthorize the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) for another five ...
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CMS Proposes 2020 MA Plan Rates and New Supplemental Benefits
LeadingAge is reading through the details of the Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter now and will provide a more detailed summary in the coming days. For now, here are a few highlights of what we know so far: Plans will not be getting as big of a rate increase in 2020. Capitated payments to MA plans will ...
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Long-Term Services and Supports Costly Now, More So in Future
Writing of The Financial Hardship Faced by Older Americans Needing Long-Term Services and Supports, authors Amber Willink, Karen Davis, John Mulcahy, Jennifer L. Wolff, and Judith Kasper found that ...
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Aging Services: Non-Housing Programs Suffer from Partial Shutdown
Federal nutrition programs are among the government services affected by the shutdown. Congregate and home-delivered meals provided under the Older Americans Act received their appropriation on a timely basis and are fully funded. However, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly ...