Flaws of the Medicare Advantage ‘quality’ ratings exposed in insurance-company lawsuits
Big Medicare Advantage insurance companies have filed lawsuits against the federal government, furiously attacking the ...
Did Your Medicare Advantage Plan Go Away for 2025? Don't Panic -- Do This Instead.
I f you're enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, generally, at some point in September or October, you'll receive a notice ...
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Scammers can make the Medicare enrollment period treacherous. Here are ways to protect yourself.
Toward the end of November, scammers try to leverage a Medicare deadline to pressure older people and caregivers into ...
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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 ...
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Guest column: Be wary of Medicare Advantage Plans if expensive services or rehab is necessary
We’re in the Medicare open-enrollment season. I strongly advise patients signing up for Medicare to avoid Part C Medicare ...
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 ...
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Medicare Advantage Plans Receive Billions in Excess Funding for Veterans Health, Harvard Researchers Find
Medicare Advantage plans may receive as much as $1.3 billion in excess funding for veterans who receive nearly no care ...
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Watchdog Calls for Tighter Scrutiny of Medicare Advantage Home Visits
Opens in a new tab or window A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down on ...
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MedPAC Tackles Accuracy of Medicare Advantage Network Directories
Commissioner Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, ...
Out-of-pocket costs found to be substantially lower in Medicare Advantage than traditional Medicare
There's a key but little-examined factor that likely helps explain Medicare Advantage's enrollment surge in recent years: ...
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 ...
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 ...