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CMS Finalizes Annual Medicare Advantage and Part D Rulemaking Updates
In April 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued multiple pieces of guidance related to Medicare ...
House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of ...
Democrats push GOP toward Medicare ‘upcoding’ instead of Medicaid cuts
Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage “upcoding” ...
Do Medicare, Medicaid cover weight loss drugs? It depends
Medicare recipients suffering from obesity must pay out of pocket for weight loss drugs like Wecovy and Zepbound.
Privacy concerns swirl around HHS plan to build Medicare, Medicaid database on autism
The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to ...
HHS plan to use Medicare and Medicaid data to study autism alarms experts
Federal health officials didn’t provide information about how people’s private medical data will be collected and managed.
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RFK Jr. Says Autism Database Will Use Medicare and Medicaid Records
Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted.
Medicare, Medicaid private health data to be used by HHS for autism research
The National Institutes of Health and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Wednesday said Medicare and Medicaid private ...
Kennedy launches US autism project using Medicare and Medicaid data
Federal health agencies will create a database of autism patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid that researchers will use ...
NIH, CMS tie up for autism research with Medicare and Medicaid data
The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to enable research around ...
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Medicare, Medicaid may cover digital therapeutics under new bill
Bipartisan bill would expand Medicare and Medicaid to cover FDA-approved digital therapeutics, closing care gaps for ...
US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare ...