McKnight's Senior Living

Medicaid payment pause could have unintended consequences for assisted living providers, residents

Suspected fraud involving Minnesota’s Medicaid programs has led to a 90-day pause on all payments for 14 services until a ...

The subtle privatization of Medicare

If you’re signing up for Medicare benefits this open enrollment, odds are you aren’t actually enrolling in the traditional ...
VTDigger

Providers try to keep telehealth available in Vermont, four weeks into a lapse in most Medicare reimbursements

Some clinicians and hospitals are betting on an extension of Medicare coverage for virtual care while others think creatively to cover the costs of care.

Scammer asks Michigan senior if he received his 'new' Medicare card: What happened next

One Michigan man says he knew it had to be a scam when someone who claimed to be from Medicare reached out during the ...
The GW Hatchet

GW researchers launch tracker revealing lack of Medicaid access in rural areas

The tracker’s data showed rural counties had fewer Medicaid-participating primary care providers and an overreliance on nurse ...

Minnesota seniors seeking Medicare help are finding long call center waits

Minnesota Aging Pathways (until last month, it was known as the Senior LinkAge Line) offers free help over the phone at 1-800 ...

4 Tips for Choosing a New Medicare Advantage Plan

One big perk of Medicare Advantage is that these plans tend to offer supplemental benefits beyond what original Medicare ...

Health officials scrambling to fix new Medicare directory after report finds widespread coverage errors — how it could leave seniors paying more

Federal health officials are now scrambling to fix tech issues, first reported by The Washington Post, that are displaying ...
MinnPost

With Medicaid benefits on the line, tech tools not up to the task of determining eligibility

Officials in 42 states, including Minnesota, are trying to figure out how to verify that about 18.5 million Medicaid ...
Sierra Sun Times

KFF Analysis Finds Medicare Advantage Provider Networks Limit Enrollees to About Half of the Physicians in Their Area That Are Available to Beneficiaries in Traditional ...

October 28, 2025 - With Medicare’s annual open enrollment period underway, a new KFF analysis finds that Medicare Advantage ...

Humana beats quarterly profit estimates on higher premiums, in-line medical costs

Humana reported third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, helped by higher premiums and medical costs which were in line with the health insurer's expectations. The company is ...
Health AffairsOpinion

Medicare’s WISeR Model And The Challenge Of Low-Value Care

For now, the most reasonable stance is watchful waiting: acknowledging the real problems WISeR seeks to address, recognizing ...