Decoding Medicare Advantage Coding Intensity
In recent years, federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans, and how they are adjusted for enrollee health status, have come...
Medicare Will Spend More Than $13 Billion on the Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program in 2026
The Medicare Advantage quality bonus program, established by the Affordable Care Act, increases Medicare payments to Medicare Advantage plans that...
How Has Projected Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Changed Since Passage of the 2025 Reconciliation Law?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), known as Congress’s “scorekeeper,” projects federal spending and revenues over the next decade and cost...
FDA Expands Tzield Approval for Type 1 Diabetes Care
For generations, a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) meant preparing for a lifelong dependence on insulin. While insulin remains...
Medical Frailty and Medicaid Work Requirements: Challenges for People with HIV
On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule providing states with...
How New Sunscreen Technology May Improve Daily Sun Protection
Sunscreen formulas have quietly gotten a lot better with lighter textures, less white cast, and less of that greasy feeling...
Nearly Four Million Medicare Beneficiaries Could Be Eligible for the Temporary Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program Covering These Drugs for Weight Loss
A new KFF analysis finds that 3.8 million Medicare beneficiaries met the criteria to be eligible for the new Medicare...
Medicaid Program Integrity: Tracking State-Specific and Nationwide Federal Action
The Trump Administration and Congress continue to focus on rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse in federal programs, including Medicaid. Those efforts include 50-state...
Medicaid/CHIP Monthly Enrollment Tracker | KFF
Note: The data presented below are updated monthly as new Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data become available. This tracker presents the most...
Common causes of eligibility-related claim denials in healthcare
At A Glance Eligibility-related claim denials are increasing, leaving providers scrambling to improve data accuracy and insurance verification across the...
