by Jordana Choucair | Oct 28, 2022 | Payers
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) is urging more transparency from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and states on the unwinding of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and Medicaid redeterminations. The panel...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 28, 2022 | Payers
Humana announced it is partnering with Monogram Health to offer value-based kidney care in four states. Eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) HMO and PPO members in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi can access Monogram’s specialized offerings, including...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2022 | Payers
Kaiser Family Foundation’s Annual Employer Benefits Survey found that employer-sponsored health insurance premiums stayed relatively stable in 2022, with the average cost of family coverage totaling $22,463. On average, workers on paid $6,106 toward the cost of their...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 27, 2022 | Payers
CMS informed insurers that the agency must approve all television ads for Medicare Advantage (MA) effective next year. The announcement comes amid complaints about misleading and inaccurate practices and a Senate Finance Committee investigation about how MA plans...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 26, 2022 | Payers
According to Kaiser Family Foundation’s 22nd annual survey of state Medicaid directors, states expect growth in Medicaid enrollment to slow to 8.4 percent in FY 2022 before declining by 0.4 percent in FY 2023. Simultaneously, total Medicaid spending growth – federal...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 26, 2022 | Payers
An article in the Wall Street Journal examines how a “methodological quirk” is turning health insurance from a driver of inflation into a deflationary drag. The Department of Labor bases the price of health insurance in large part on health-insurer profits, which are...
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