Jeff Lagasse
OIG suspected MA companies have financial incentives to make beneficiaries appear as sick as possible.
Mergers enable access to financial resources, clinical expertise and new technology plus increased market power.
Reconciliation bill's addition of vision, hearing and dental to original Medicare should not come at the cost of MA plans, BMA says.
The building will provide space for core instruction and laboratories to extend advances in medicine and healthcare.
Prime's New Jersey hospitals will continue to honor the rates and services in the agreements until the end of the cooling off period.
CDC said the funding will help personnel prevent infections more effectively, support rapid response and enhance laboratory capacity.
CMS is also expanding services provided by Federally-facilitated Marketplace Navigators, who help consumers understand benefits.
Deferred patient care due to COVID-19 contributed to UnitedHealthcare's lack of spending.
The decision to exercise enforcement discretion for the payer-to-payer policy doesn't affect any other existing regulatory requirements.
The report received harsh criticism from advocacy group 340B Health, which called the methodology highly flawed.