The numbers seem unreal. Medicare patients’ use of telehealth jumped 63-fold in 2020 compared to 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government eased restrictions on telehealth for older adults in traditional Medicare. This helped more Medicare patients get care while staying safe at home. High rates of telehealth use among all Medicare patients continued … Read more
TDI experts answer Texans’ top auto insurance questions. What should auto insurance cost, and what’s the best kind to get? To answer a question about cost, you need to know what a policy covers first. TDI’s automotive insurance guide can help, and there’s a policy comparison tool at www.opic.texas.gov. It’s important to know what you … Read more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to implement provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to make prescription drugs more affordable. Here are the significant changes to Medicare Part D for 2025 that you need to know about. Overview of 2025 Part D Redesign On April 1, 2024, CMS released the final … Read more
Ratings reflect high-quality care and service Every year, CMS publishes Medicare Advantage (Part C) and Medicare prescription drug plan (Part D) ratings. Consumers can use the ratings to compare the quality of Medicare plans. To develop the ratings, CMS considers many areas of care and service. For example, CMS looks at how well health plans … Read more
What Are Medicare Wages? Medicare wages are the earnings which are topic to Medicare tax. These wages embrace all compensation for employment, resembling salaries, bonuses, commissions, and ideas. The Medicare tax is a part of the Federal Insurance coverage Contributions Act (FICA) tax, which funds the Medicare program offering medical health insurance to people aged … Read more
