Each year, the health plans that participate in Medicare Advantage (MA) program compete vigorously for new members. This vigorous competition has fueled the program’s 10% annual growth rate in recent years. MA plans can...more
Medicare Advantage (MA) is the private plan option in the Medicare program. Enrollment in the program has grown nearly 10% a year in recent years and now tops 25 million. More than one-third of Medicare beneficiaries (people...more
Medicare Advantage (MA) is the rapidly growing private plan option in the Medicare program. More than one-third of all Medicare beneficiaries choose MA — more than 24 million people. The program has grown nearly 10% year over...more
Medicare Advantage (MA) is the private plan option in the Medicare program. Over the last few years, the program has grown rapidly, nearly 10% a year. More than one-third of Medicare beneficiaries (people with Medicare) have...more
On February 5, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed several interesting tweaks to the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D programs through an 895-page proposed regulation, Contract Year 2021...more
On October 3, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) focused on the Medicare program, titled, “Executive Order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors.” The EO offers expected political...more
On April 24, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo to Medicare Advantage (MA) plan sponsors detailing the scope of Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI). Established by the...more
Medicare Advantage, the private plan option in the Medicare program, is growing rapidly. Currently, 22 million people choose Medicare Advantage — more than one third of people with Medicare — and that number is expected to...more
On October 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a 362-page proposed regulation that makes changes to three expected areas:
- New telehealth flexibilities for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans....more
A provision included in the recently enacted budget law will now make it much easier for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to offer a wide array of supplemental benefits within their plans. This will create new opportunities for...more
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its draft 2019 Medicare Advantage application. Health plans seeking to participate in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program for the first time or expanding...more
On May 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it reached a settlement with commonly-owned Freedom Health Inc. and Optimum Healthcare, Inc. (Freedom Health) — two Tampa, Florida, managed care plans — to settle...more
On June 20, 2016, The Kaiser Family Foundation issued the first ever broad-based study of Medicare Advantage hospital networks. The study — "Medicare Advantage Hospital Networks: How Much Do They Vary?"— analyzed 409 plans in...more
During the holiday season lull, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a weighty document. The agency put out a draft statement of work to procure Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) for the Medicare...more