by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2022 | Payers
A report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission found that the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries in Parts A and B enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will exceed 50 percent in 2023.The panel also discovered that this year spending in MA will be 4...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 14, 2022 | Payers
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will recommend that traditional Medicare cuts its payments to nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 5 percent next year. MedPAC’s recommendations to Congress are nonbinding, but...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 13, 2022 | Payers
Morgan Health announced it is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to focus on health disparities. The companies plan to jointly collect and report health equity metrics for JP Morgan Chases’ California employees who access care via Kaiser Permanente, and roll out...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 11, 2022 | Payers
Each month the THS insurance team, led by Cheryl Matochik, releases C-Notes – a newsletter containing key industry trends and highlights. As 2022 kicks off, we are excited about the opportunities progressive brokers and new digital-age players are seizing to put...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 7, 2022 | Payers
The CMS released a proposed rule outlining several regulatory changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D starting in 2023. The changes include: 1) requiring all Part D plans to apply the concessions they get from drugmakers to the point-of-sale, 2)...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 5, 2022 | Payers
A report from the HHS Office of Inspector General found that roughly 20 percent of the $8 billion Medicare spent on lab tests in 2020 went toward COVID-19 tests. COVID-19 drove up Medicare’s overall spending on tests by 4 percent from 2019 to 2020, but spending...
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