Study Showed Over 10% of Medicare Beneficiaries Have Diagnoses Indicating Dementia
On Sept. 3, 2024, researchers at NORC at the University of Chicago and George Washington University’s Milken Institute…
FDA granted traditional approval for LEQEMBIﾮ (lecanemab-irmb) for the treatment of Alzheimerﾒs disease
On Jul. 6, 2023, Eisai and Biogen announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved…
HHS study showed 63-fold increase in Medicare Telehealthutilization during the Pandemic
On Dec. 3, 2021, a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that…
Vaccination linked reduction of over a quarter million COVID-19 cases, 100,000 hospitalizations, and 39,000 deaths among seniors
On Oct. 5, 2021, a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) showed…
swine flu outbreak declared a national emergency
On Oct. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared the swine flu (N1n1) outbreak a national emergency. The declaration…
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act extended expiring Medicare Program provisions
On Jul. 15, 2008, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act extended expiring provisions under the Medicare…
Federal Medicare rule required all long-term care facilities to offer vaccination for influenza and pneumococcal disease
On Oct. 7, 2005, a new Federal Medicare rule became effective that required all long-term care facilities to…
Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act required a study to make information about prescription drugs available to the visually impaired
On May 20, 2004, the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act, signed in 2003, required among other…
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President Clinton directed Medicare program to reimburse providers for cost of routine patient care in clinical trials
On Jun. 7, 2000, President Clinton issued an Executive Memorandum that directed the Medicare program to revise its…
The costs of hepatitis B vaccine and its administration became a covered benefit under Medicare Part B
On Sept. 1, 1984, with the enactment of P.L. 98-369 by the U.S. Congress, coverage under Part B…
The costs of pneumococcal vaccine and its administration became a covered benefit under Medicare Part B
On Jul. 1, 1981, as a result of the enactment of Public Law 96-611 passed by the U.S….