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CMS is giving seniors until September 30, 2017, to request a waiver from all or part of the penalties they face for not enrolling on time for Medicare.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top managed care stories include an announcement that CMS will take Social Security numbers off Medicare cards; a national plan to combat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was released; and a nutrition advocacy group calls on FDA to stick with the schedule for a new nutrition facts label.

Patients with peripheral artery disease can now have supervised exercise therapy covered by Medicare, according to a recent announcement by CMS.