Medicare Advantage Offers Better Access to Behavioral Healthcare Than FFS

Anna Kaltenboeck discusses staffing at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' in respect to their prescription drug reimbursement team with the Wall Street Journal.

Community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries who are Black and/or Latino/a are more likely than white beneficiaries to report difficulty managing activities of daily living, according to a databook released by ATI Advisory (ATI) with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Activities of daily living include dressing, bathing, walking across the room, transferring in and out of bed or chair, using the toilet, and eating.

CEO Anne Tumlinson comments to U.S. News & World Report about a proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would reimburse health professionals to train family caregivers.