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Clearer Choices: Why Medicare Advantage Enrollees Need Better Information On Supplemental Benefits
Based on our experiences working with Medicare beneficiaries, the information people want or need to make informed decisions ...
Home Health Care News2h
MedPAC Report: Medicare Advantage Enrollees Receive 11% Fewer Home Health Visits
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress examined home health care use among Medicare ...
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Medicare Advantage’s supplemental benefits will cost taxpayers $86 billion this year, with little transparency
Taxpayers will send an estimated $86 billion to Medicare Advantage insurers this year to pay for supplemental benefits for ...
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Should you ditch your Medicare Advantage plan? Most people do
Medicare coverage doesn’t just mean signing up for government insurance. In fact, more than half of Medicare recipients now ...
theshelbyreport9h
Walmart Provides Digital Services, Tools For Medicare Benefits
Walmart is adding new digital innovations to help customers maximize their Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits.
The Medicare basics that everyone should know
An American turns 65 every eight seconds. No one wants to make the wrong Medicare or medical decision, which only adds stress ...
Medicare Advantage changes coming soon
Insurance companies are cautiously optimistic about the Trump administration’s policies for their industry: insurers saw ...
Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less
(THE CONVERSATION) Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 ...
Home Health Care News6h
Alliance Official: Medicare Advantage Growth, PDGM Cuts Create Converging Crises For At-Home Care
At-home care is reaching a crisis point, according to Scott Levy, chief government affairs officer  at the National Alliance ...
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
Compared with traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans are, on average, paid more by the taxpayer-funded Medicare system for covering each enrollee. Advantage plans also have more flexibility to ...
Managed Healthcare Executive7h
Medicare Advantage Less Likely to Use Low-Value Cancer Treatments, Study Finds
Managed Healthcare Executive gives C-suite executives in health plans and provider organizations news and strategies for value-driven solutions.