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Medicare Will Recalculate Quality Ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoIf a plan’s ratings go down, the change won’t be implemented, CMS...way for higher payments, the CMS...
Traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage? Some retirees aren’t allowed to choose
AOL· 7 days agoBut increasingly, people with retiree health benefits from their former employers aren’t given that choice. Instead, they’re told they can only enroll in a Medicare ...
Seniors forced to give up retirement benefits to get Medicare
Newsweek· 6 days agoHistorically, employers who offered health benefits to retirees typically only did so in a...
Ask Kevin: I enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. Can I switch back?
Federal Times· 6 days agoTimes reader to columnist Kevin Moss, a senior editor at Consumers’ Checkbook and expert on federal employee health insurance plans for civil servants, retirees and their families. When I retired ...
Medicare Advantage insurers will collect extra bonuses
Axios· 2 days agoMedicare Advantage insurers could get big bonuses from recalculated quality ratings.
Biden plan to save Medicare patients money on drugs risks empty shelves, pharmacists say
New Hampshire Union Leader· 23 hours agoMonths into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients,...
What Is the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)?
Investopedia· 3 days agoThe National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is an independent nonprofit organization that...
CMS recalculates Medicare Advantage star ratings in major win for insurers
Healthcare Dive· 3 days agoThe CMS has recalculated plans’ quality ratings in the Medicare Advantage program after a series of court rulings challenging the agency’s methodology in ...
5 takeaways from the AHIP 2024 conference
Modern Healthcare· 3 days ago"We're already seeing signs that some of the policies enacted in recent years will result in fewer choices [and] perhaps fewer benefits when seniors renew their coverage this ...
Does insurance cover hearing aids?
CBS News· 6 days agoWondering if hearing aids would be right for you, but discouraged by confusion around insurance coverage? It's estimated that more than 28 million adults...