Benefits Pro10h
Insurers exit Medicare Advantage plans, leaving seniors scrambling for options
The backdrop: Medicare Advantage plans provide an alternative to original Medicare for about 34 million of Medicare's 68 ...
UnitedHealthcare, HealthPartners reach network deal on Medicare Advantage plans in Minnesota
The Minnetonka-based health insurer says the new contract “ensures continued, uninterrupted network access” to hospitals and ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News6h
Report: CMS paid $1B+ to Medicare Advantage plans with veterans who did not use services
In 2020, the the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) paid more $1 billion to Medicare Advantage plans that ...
Medicare Advantage Is an Election Hot Spot. 3 Healthcare Stocks to Own If Trump Wins.
Trump is expected to be notably softer on Medicare Advantage, a program that he championed as president, Mizuho analysts ...
With Medicare Advantage, the real advantage belongs to insurance conglomerates
It is open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage insurers. However, recent headlines would suggest it is more like open ...
Philadelphia Tribune1d
Medicare Advantage insurers fear losing millions over a few bad phone calls
As the biggest Medicare Advantage insurers see it, something as minor as a dropped phone call can now cost them hundreds of ...
The Quality Of Medicare Advantage Plans...Ain’t What It Used To Be.
The star ratings for Medicare Advantage plans are dropping. In 2025, only seven plans will have a five-star rating.
Twin Cities Pioneer Press on MSN3h
HealthPartners, UnitedHealthcare reach deal on senior Medicare Advantage coverage
HealthPartners and UnitedHealthcare said Tuesday they’ve reached a multi-year agreement that will allow some 30,000 ...
Indiana Lawyer15h
Elevance Health sues feds over ‘arbitrary and capricious’ star ratings for Medicare Advantage plans
At stake are billions of dollars in bonuses that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awards to insurers that ...
Election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare
While the fate of Medicare has gotten scant attention so far in the campaign, the different visions under Trump versus […] ...
Skilled Nursing News5h
Nursing Home Providers Adjust to Optum Exiting Medicare Advantage I-SNPs in Several Regions
Optum is scaling back its Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans for nursing home and assisted living residents in several regions. The health care ...
Saving Medicare Advantage from Itself
From 2013 to 2023, total enrollment grew 27 percent, resulting in 65 million total beneficiaries and a total expenditure of ...