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CMS softens Medicare Advantage funding changes
Medicare Advantage customers may not see the drastic 2014 benefit cuts or premium hikes that insurers have been warning about after all.
Apr 2, 2013
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Study finds Medicare Advantage networks are broad and getting broader
Share of Medicare Advantage plans with broad networks increased from 80.1 percent in 2011 to 82.5 percent in 2015, and enrollment in broad-network plans grew from 54.1 percent to 64.9 percent.
Apr 1, 2019
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Insurer combos offer no price break guarantees for consumers
The average consumer should catch a price break if major health insurers like Anthem and Cigna combine and cut their expenses.
Jun 22, 2015
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Rates of major CV procedures differ between Medicare Advantage and fee-for-service beneficiaries
In a study that included nearly 6 million Medicare Advantage and Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries from 12 states, rates of angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions were significantly lower among Medicare ...
Jul 9, 2013
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Medicare Advantage enrollment increasing in rural areas
More rural Americans are signing up for Medicare Advantage despite reductions in payments, according to new research from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Iowa College of Public ...
Feb 16, 2015
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Biden administration proposes crackdown on scam Medicare ads
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed a ban on misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that have targeted older Americans and, in some cases, convinced them to sign up for plans that don't cover their doctors ...
Dec 15, 2022
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CMS: New rule proposed for contract year 2015
(HealthDay)—A proposed rule has been issued that will strengthen protections, improve health care quality, and reduce costs for Medicare beneficiaries with private Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription plans, according ...
Jan 13, 2014
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Medicare could overpay medicare advantage plans by $200 billion over ten years
Research conducted at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that current trends in diagnostic coding for patient risk scores will lead to Medicare overpaying Medicare Advantage (MA) plans substantially ...
Feb 7, 2017
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How to change Medicare plans—and why you might want to
Medicare open enrollment starts soon, but 7 in 10 Medicare beneficiaries say they don't compare Medicare plans during this period, according to a 2021 analysis by KFF, a health policy nonprofit.
Oct 12, 2022
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Medicare Advantage's role in reducing health care cost differs by patient's condition: Study
More than 18% of the U.S. population ($65 million people) are enrolled in Medicare, the federal insurance program for older adults and some people who have a disability. People who qualify have two options to receive benefits: ...
Oct 11, 2023
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