Medicare & Medicaid
Several factors contributed, including a change correcting the way medical education expenses are accounted for in MA rates.
Eight states had Medicaid disenrollments surpassing 100% of projected net disenrollments, while 19 states were at 50% or less.
More than half of all fee-for-service Medicare enrollees without any additional coverage chose a Medicare Supplement plan in 2021.
The move is meant to allow CVS to enhance its digital capabilities, according to a LinkedIn post from Hella Health's CEO.
Change Healthcare cyberattack affected Aetna's claims with CVS putting aside a $500M reserve for claims not received.
Rule requires 80% of Medicaid Home and Community Based Services payments to directly compensate workers rather than "administrative overhead."
CMS says it is developing a $75 million national nursing home staffing campaign to increase the number of nurses,
Wendell Primus, a Brookings Institution Visiting Fellow, has a plan to help low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
Bridges Health Partners says Aetna profited from value-based contract manipulation.
UnitedHealth Group's losses for the quarter were redeemed by better-than-expected revenue growth.