By Deborah Estes Today Medicare Advantage provides health coverage and security for more than 24 million seniors and Americans with disabilities – 40 percent of the total Medicare population. Value-based care, including care coordination and…
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BMA Seniors Tell Us Their Telehealth Stories
June 9, 2020 By Allyson Y. Schwartz President and CEO, Better Medicare Alliance Even as states begin to slowly lift stay at home orders and some Americans find themselves returning to work, the COVID-19 pandemic is still felt across…
Innovations in Senior Care and Supports – Holding Gains and Accelerating Progress
May 20, 2020
Rose Maljanian Even before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in our communities earlier this year, change was already afoot in the American health care system as payers and providers increasingly move to demonstrate and reward value…
BMA Allies on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Response
March 30, 2020
Allyson Y. Schwartz As Better Medicare Alliance continues our work from home, and as we each take the precautions advised by public health officials to keep ourselves and others safe, we also have taken this…
New Hospice V-BID Model Holds Promise for Patients and Families
March 6, 2020
By Congresswoman Allyson Y. Schwartz and Katie Smith Sloan At any given time, 1.4 million Americans may find themselves in need of compassionate hospice care to guide them through their final months. The decision to transition to…
A Close Look at the New York Times’ Recent Reporting on Medicare Advantage
February 26, 2020
Jonathan Frank The New York Times offered a look at the growth of Medicare Advantage (MA) in an article published on Friday, February 21st entitled “Medicare’s Private Option Is Gaining Popularity, and Critics.” The title…