DATE: April 15, 2025 at 07:00PM
SOURCE: BioWorld MedTech

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#CMMI again under pressure as @CMSGov closes several programs

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#medtech #reimbursement #medicare

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"It shouldn't be like this in America, but it is [like this *only*] in America"

https://youtu.be/IzapflBvR9A?si=XV5eF0EbOy9bbv1E

#Medicare #MedicareAdvantage (is a scam) #healthcare #UniversalHralthcare #LuigiJustice

— #Trump 's order targets #Medicare drug price negotiation timeline
—Congress must approve changes to Medicare price negotiations
—encourages state drug importation programs
—FDA urged to streamline approval for generics and biosimilars

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-healthcare-executive-order-that-includes-win-pharma-companies-2025-04-15/

— #Trump 's order targets #Medicare drug price negotiation timeline —Congress must approve changes to Medicare price negotiations —encourages state drug importation programs —FDA urged to streamline approval for generics and biosimilars www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-real-health-care-wait-time-scandal-political-meddling/
#canada, #medicare, #privatisi nginvitescorruption

Is anyone else seeing Medicare not pay for prior auth stuff now?

Last year #medicare approved #Botox for #migraines after two hospital admissions where they were billed about $25,000 each.

I guess they figured preventative measures at $5000 a pop would be better than $50,000 in a summer. I had this procedure 20 years ago and after the third round of shots it lasted almost a year and it was amazing.

This time my first round was in December, my second round was in February, I was supposed to get the third set in April but they kept postponing it. I assumed it was a staffing problem. Then I looked at my EOB.

Medicare had paid them NOTHING. I am shocked & I think they are too.

I get financial aid at this hospital so regardless I don’t have to pay, but I also don’t want the Hospital system I appreciate and depend on getting ripped off for $10,000 worth of bills.

I would be freaking out right now if I had this procedure at pain management because that would mean I would be shut off from pain management if I was unable to pay this $10,000.

Maybe it’s just me, but please be warned. It doesn’t seem like having a prior authorization matters much anymore. If you qualify for Hospital financial aid please apply now before they stop giving it out.

I don’t know what to do about this but I canceled my next appointment. They keep moving it anyway I assume they want to make sure they’re going to get paid before they do it again. I don’t even think it’s helping anyway. These are menstrual related migraines not tension headaches triggering migraines.

I sent them a message and I asked them if I should be appealing this before it’s too late. I think I only get 120 days to appeal. Concord Hospital Nurology is so awful I’ll never go there again but I still don’t want them getting ripped off.

I’m a Cybertruck Owner Who Paid for Self-Defense After Threats https://www.byteseu.com/919880/ #advertising #branding #business #BusinessInsider #BusinessOwner #call #CybertruckOwner #lot #Medicare #office #people #Phone #RecentHarassment #retirement #StrongPoliticalStance #vehicle

https://www.europesays.com/1992027/ I’m a Cybertruck Owner Who Paid for Self-Defense After Threats #advertising #america #Branding #business #BusinessInsider #BusinessOwner #call #CybertruckOwner #lot #medicare #office #people #Phone #RecentHarassment #retirement #StrongPoliticalStance #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #VEHICLE

Idiot says what now?

#DrOz Pushed for #AI #HealthCare in First #Medicare Agency Town Hall

Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare & #Medicaid Services & its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.

#health #medicine #PublicHealth #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai-health-care-medicare-cms-town-hall/

From @muellershewrote on :

Boat derangement syndrome.

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Me:
#TrumpTariffs #Medicare #SocialSecurity #Medicaid #SBA #USDA #CDC #HHS #FEMA #Education #VeteransAdministration #TaxCutsForBillionaires

Why I called Bob Herman a "master bluster-buster" a few weeks ago:

He doesn't mince words in reminding us where the money the government gives insurance companies comes from: Our pockets.

"Health insurers that sell Medicare Advantage plans are going to get billions more in taxpayer money next year."

via @STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/medicare-advantage-payment-rate-2026-cms-trump

Thousands of New Mexicans attended Hands Off! rallies over the weekend, joining 5M+ Americans

We wrote up a quick blog about what it means, and shared bluesky/mastodon photos from Taos, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque: https://progressnownm.org/thousands-attend-nms-hands-off-protests-as-trump-disapproval-rate-deepens/

Among other changes, Medicare and Medicaid will not cover drugs for weight loss, the Trump administration decides in a filing published Friday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

#ozempic #weightloss #Medicare #medicaid

Https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/medicare-and-medicaid-will-not-cover-weight-loss-drugs-trump-administration-decides/

"Thousands turned out to the Roundhouse in Santa Fe as part of the Hands Off national protest. And they brought signs."

https://sourcenm.com/2025/04/05/hands-off-everything-we-love/