Is Humana dropping your Medicare Advantage plan? Here's what you need to know.
Humana (HUM) won't be alone in cutting back on its Medicare Advantage offerings. Other insurers, including CVS (CVS) and Centene (CNC), have also warned that they are cutting back on lower-profit or ...
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A Reinsurance Program To Mitigate Selection In Medicare Advantage
Since expenditures are heavily skewed, the top 5 percent of patients by cost contribute a disproportionate amount to the mean ...
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MU Health ends in-network coverage for Anthem Medicare Advantage
University of Missouri Health Care patients with Medicare Advantage plans through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will no ...
Musk's DOGE granted access to US Medicare and Medicaid systems
Representatives of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
Ozempic boom weighs on state budgets
The House Republicans’ budget blueprint, blessed by Speaker Mike Johnson, has long been stalled in the chamber. On Tuesday, Arrington called for a Thursday committee meeting to resolve vast ...
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Drug Costs and Their Impact on Care: Insights from Medicare Patients and Providers
Providers are sympathetic to Medicare enrollees’ concerns but don’t agree on their role in helping patients find less costly ...
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Do Medicare Advantage Provider Networks Change the Way Beneficiaries Use Health Care?
Medicare Advantage plans are popular, but some have limited provider networks, while and others require high cost sharing for ...
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Greens will tax 150 billionaires as part of revenue plan to fund dental into Medicare, GP for free and other cost of living measures
The Greens today have announced a Parliamentary Budget Office-costed plan to tax Australia’s billionaires, as a new revenue measure in the party’s Robin Hood reforms.
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House committee approves GOP's 'comprehensive' plan to address health costs
Part of this years House GOP legislative priorities focuses on bringing down health care costs. A House committee approved ...
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Hospitals, advocates disagree on price transparency compliance; Ohio law changing
For those seeking to compare prices for services between hospitals, such as for elective surgeries, a patient advocate group says most hospitals in Ohio are not complying with federal guidelines on ...
What Lamont’s CT budget proposal would mean for health care
Gov. Ned Lamont eyed Medicaid reimbursement rates, a hospital tax restructuring and pharmaceutical costs in his biennial ...
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Do Localized Disasters Impact Clinical Measures of Health Care Quality?
This study examines the impact of geographically limited disasters on health care quality performance scores of Medicare Advantage contracts, finding limited impact on performance scores.