“Medicare Finances: Findings of the 2020 Trustees Report,” by Bethany Cole (Health Policy Brief, No. 16, April 2020, .pdf format, 10p.).
www.nasi.org/research/2020/medicare-finances-findings-2020-trustees-report
“Medicare Finances: Findings of the 2020 Trustees Report,” by Bethany Cole (Health Policy Brief, No. 16, April 2020, .pdf format, 10p.).
www.nasi.org/research/2020/medicare-finances-findings-2020-trustees-report
“Medicare Beneficiaries’ Financial Security Before the Coronavirus Pandemic,” by Wyatt Koma, Tricia Neuman, Gretchen Jacobson, and Karen Smith (April 2020, HTML format).
“A Dozen Facts About Medicare Advantage in 2020,” by Meredith Freed, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman (April 2020, HTML format).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/a-dozen-facts-about-medicare-advantage-in-2020/
“2020 Annual Report Of The Boards Of Trustees Of The Federal Hospital Insurance And Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds,” (April 2020, .pdf format, 249p.).
www.cms.gov/files/document/2020-medicare-trustees-report.pdf
“How Much More Than Medicare Do Private Insurers Pay? A Review of the Literature,” by Eric Lopez, Tricia Neuman, Gretchen Jacobson, and Larry Levitt (April 2020, HTML format).
– An agenda and transcript of the April 2-3, 2020 meeting is available.
medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/april-2020-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 147p.):
“Medicare Enrollment Among Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease Receiving Dialysis in Outpatient Facilities Between 2005 and 2016,” by Abby Hoffman, Caroline E. Sloan, Matthew L. Maciejewski, and Virginia Wang (Vol. 323, No. 13, April 7, 2020, p. 1314-1316).
“Examining Approaches to Expand Medicare Eligibility: Key Design Options and Implications,” by Elizabeth Docteur, Renée M. Landers, Bethany Cole, Marilyn Moon, and Cori Uccello (March 2020, .pdf format, 177p.).
www.nasi.org/research/2020/examining-approaches-expand-medicare-eligibility-key-design
– An agenda and transcript of the March 5-6, 2020 meeting is available.
medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/march-2020-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 377p.):
“Examining Current Medicare Part D Policies for Extended Supplies of Medication,” by Juliette Cubanski, Karyn Schwartz, and Anthony Damico (March 2020, HTML format).
“Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy,” (March 2020, .pdf format, 531p.).
www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/reports/mar20_entirereport_sec.pdf
“Medicare and Medicaid: Alignment of Managed Care Plans for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries,” (GAO-20-319, March 2020, .pdf format, 36p.).
“Key Medicare Tools To Safeguard Against Pharmacy Fraud and Inappropriate Billing Do Not Apply to Part D,” (OEI-02-15-00440, March 2020, .pdf format, 16p.).
– An agenda and transcript of the January 16-17, 2020 meeting is available.
www.medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/january-2020-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 479p.):
“Medicare: Information on Medicare-Dependent Hospitals,” (GAO-20-300, February 2020, .pdf format, 46p.).
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “Drug Firms’ Payments and Physicians’ Prescribing Behavior in Medicare Part D,” by Colleen Carey, Ethan M.J. Lieber, and Sarah Miller (w26751, February 2020, .pdf format, 52p.).
“Problems Paying Medical Bills, 2018,” by Amy E. Cha and Robin A. Cohen (Data Brief No. 357, February 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
“Utilization of ACP CPT codes among high-need Medicare beneficiaries in 2017: A brief report,” by Amanda J. Reich, Ginger Jin, Avni Gupta, Dae Kim, Stuart Lipstiz, Holly G. Prigerson, Jennifer Tjia, Keren Ladin, Scott D. Halpern, Zara Cooper, and Joel S. Weissman (PLoS ONE 15(2): e0228553. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228553, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228553
Health Affairs (Vol. 39, No. 2, February 2020).
“CMS’s Implementation of a 2014 Policy Change Resulted in Improvements in the Reporting of Coverage Gap Discounts Under Medicare Part D,” (A-07-16-06067, January 2020, .pdf format, 14p.).
“Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for Medicare Beneficiaries with Advanced Cancer,” (CAG-00450R, January 2020).
www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=296
– An agenda and transcript of the December 5-6, 2019 meeting is available.
www.medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/december-2019-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 412p.):
“CMS’s Controls Over Assigning Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers and Mailing New Medicare Cards Were Generally Effective but Could Be Improved in Some Areas,” (A-09-19-03003, January 2020, .pdf format, 16p.).
A. “Healthcare utilization of Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries with and without Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias,” by Brian Downer, Soham Al Snih, Mukaila Raji, Lin-Na Chou, Yong-Fang Kuo, Kyriakos S. Markides, and Kenneth J. Ottenbacher (PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227681. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227681, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227681
B. “Staging dementia based on caregiver reported patient symptoms: Implications from a latent class analysis,” by Qi Yuan, Tee Hng Tan, Peizhi Wang, Fiona Devi, Hui Lin Ong, Edimansyah Abdin, Magadi Harish, Richard Goveas, Li Ling Ng, Siow Ann Chong, and Mythily Subramaniam (PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227857. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227857, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227857
A. “How Big Is the Government Subsidy for Medicare Part D?” by Alicia H. Munnell, Gal Wettstein and Wenliang Hou (IB No. 19-20, December 2019, .pdf and Excel format, 5p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-big-is-the-government-subsidy-for-medicare-part-d/
B. “How Will Emerging Computers Affect Older Workers by 2040?” by Anek Belbase and Andrew D. Eschtruth (IB No. 20-1, January 2020, .pdf and Excel format, 6p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-will-emerging-computers-affect-older-workers-by-2040/
“The Slowdown in Medicare Spending Growth for Baby Boomers and Older Beneficiaries,” by Laura M. Keohane, Lucas Stewart, and Melinda B. Buntin (December 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 9p.).
“Hospitalizations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries — United States, 1999–2017,” by Fang Xu, Anne G. Wheaton, Yong Liu, Hua Lu, and Kurt J. Greenlund (Vol. 68, No. 49, December 13, 2019, .pdf and HTML format, p. 1134-1138).
“Billions in Estimated Medicare Advantage Payments From Chart Reviews Raise Concerns,” (OEI-03-17-00470, December 2019, .pdf format, 39p.).
– An agenda and transcript of the November 7-8, 2019 meeting is available.
www.medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/november-2019-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 410p.):
“No Itch to Switch: Few Medicare Beneficiaries Switch Plans During the Open Enrollment Period,” by Wyatt Koma, Juliette Cubanski, Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman (November 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 4p.).
“Hospitals Received Millions in Excessive Outlier Payments Because CMS Limits the Reconciliation Process,” (A-05-16-00060, November 2019, .pdf format, 19p.).
“A Look at Recent Proposals to Control Drug Spending by Medicare and its Beneficiaries,” by Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman (November 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 27p.).
“Registered Nurses Did Not Always Visit Medicare Beneficiaries’ Homes At Least Once Every 14 Days To Assess The Quality of Care and Services Provided by Hospice Aides,” (A-09-18-03022, November 2019, .pdf format, 14p.).
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits,” by Mark Shepard, Katherine Baicker, and Jonathan S. Skinner (w26472, November 2019, .pdf format, 43p.).
“Medicare for 50-to-64-Year-Olds: Assessing the Effects of Allowing Older Adults to Buy Into the Medicare Program,” by Christine Eibner, Raffaele Vardavas, Sarah A. Nowak, Jodi L. Liu, and Preethi Rao (RR4246, 2019, .pdf format, 54p.).
“Medicare Hospice Care: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen CMS Oversight of Hospice Providers,” (GAO-20-10, October 2019, .pdf format, 41p.).
“Medicare Part D: A First Look at Prescription Drug Plans in 2020,” by Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico (November 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 18p.).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-part-d-a-first-look-at-prescription-drug-plans-in-2020/
“Medicare Made Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Overpayments for Chronic Care Management Services,” (A-07-17-05101, November 2019, .pdf format, 13p.).
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library.
A. “Implications of Money-Back Guarantees for Individual Retirement Accounts: Protection Then and Now,” by Vanya Horneff, Daniel Liebler, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell (w26406, October 2019, .pdf format, 56p.).
B. “Spending Reductions in the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Selection or Savings?” by J. Michael McWilliams, Laura A. Hatfield, Bruce E. Landon, and Michael E. Chernew (w26403, October 2019, .pdf format, 60p.).
“Medicare Advantage 2020 Spotlight: First Look,” by Gretchen Jacobson, Meredith Freed, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman (October 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-advantage-2020-spotlight-first-look/
“Assessing Drug Price Increases in Medicare Part D and the Implications of Inflation Limits,” by Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman (October 2019, .pdf format, 6p.).
“Investing in the U.S. Health System by Lowering Drug Prices, Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs, and Improving Medicare Benefits,” a hearing held October 17, 2019 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time hour minutes).
“What’s the Latest on Medicare Drug Price Negotiations?” by Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, Sarah True, and Meredith Freed (October 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 11p.).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/whats-the-latest-on-medicare-drug-price-negotiations/
“CBO’s Medicare Beneficiary Cost-Sharing Model: A Technical Description,” by Noelia Duchovny, Jamease Kowalczyk, Scott Laughery, and Sarah Sajewski (Working Paper 2019-08, October 2019, .pdf format, 51p.). Note: Links to the abstract and the full text of this paper available at:
“Effects of Drug Price Negotiation Stemming From Title 1 of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, on Spending and Revenues Related to Part D of Medicare,” (October 2019, .pdf format, 17p.).
“How Will The Medicare Part D Benefit Change Under Current Law and Leading Proposals?” by Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman (October 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 6p.).
“Medicare: Spending on Certain Disposable Wound Care Devices in Home Health,” (GAO-20-42R, October 2019, .pdf format, 9p.).
– An agenda and transcript of the October 3-4, 2019 meeting is available.
www.medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/october-2019-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 354p.):
www.medpac.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/october-2019-transcripts.pdf?sfvrsn=0
“Key Provisions of Proposals on Drug Price Negotiation, Inflation Rebates, and Medicare Part D Redesign,” (September 2019, .pdf and HTML format, 2p.).
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