Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

Announced on January 26, the initial Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) increase estimate for Medicare ...

Medicare Advantage plans are popular. They’re estimated by the Kaiser Family Foundation to have enrolled more than half of Medicare beneficiaries for the first time in 2024. But changes are underway.

I’ve written before about the benefits of Medicare Advantage plans, which can include dental and vision coverage, as well as nice perks like gym memberships that I’ve used. But it turns out the plans ...

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There’s a lot of negative news surrounding the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Mistakes by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health top that list.

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which accounted for 45 percent of total Medicare enrollment in 2022, are incentivized to minimize spending on low-value services. Prior research indicates that MA plan ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

The highest gross margins among insurers come from Medicare Advantage, which boasted gross margins per enrollee of $1,982 on average by the end of 2023, compared to $1,048 in the individual market, ...

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, prior authorizations and claim denials complicate this increasingly popular ...