by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2023 | Payers
A study published in Health Affairs found that Medicare Advantage (MA) plans added 22.2 million beneficiaries while traditional Medicare lost 1 million enrollees from 2006 through 2022. According to the research, MA growth occurred broadly across counties and age...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2023 | Payers
Centene expects to lose an estimated 2.2 million Medicaid members during the redetermination process over the next 18 months, which would significantly dial back the insurer’s pandemic-era growth. For full-year 2022, Centene reported $1.2 billion in profit, down...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released a draft recommendation to screen everyone who is pregnant for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The statement is consistent with a 2017 statement that urges doctors to monitor blood pressure throughout pregnancy...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 7, 2023 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address this evening. During the speech, he will ask for insulin cost caps for privately insured patients and a renewed bid to close the Medicaid coverage gap in Republican-controlled states that...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 7, 2023 | Health IT
A bipartisan group of senators requested that three telehealth providers provide a list of all third-party platforms they’ve shared user information with over the past three years, along with details about what types of user information they shared. The letters – sent...
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