by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 26, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news
The number of people enrolled in Medicare has increased steadily in recent years, and along with it, Medicare spending. In particular, enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has more than doubled over the last decade....
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 26, 2021 | Medicare Advantage, news, Uncategorized
Startup health plan Bright HealthCare is planning to enter 42 new markets for the 2022 plan year. The business arm is under Bright Health Group, which went public earlier this year. The expansion includes entry into several new states and growth within the states it...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 24, 2021 | news
Integrity Marketing Group announced it has acquired leading brokerage general agency (“BGA”) One Resource Group (“ORG”), located in Roanoke, Indiana. As part of the transaction, Todd Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of ORG, will become a Managing Partner in Integrity....
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 19, 2021 | Medicare, news
New data released today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shows more than 2.5 million people enrolled in health coverage on HealthCare.gov and state Marketplaces during the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2021 Special Enrollment Period (SEP), which...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 19, 2021 | Medicare, news
Medicare has been paying new hospitals three times the amount these facilities would have received if their capital costs were handled through the standard Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), according to a recent Office of Inspector General audit. Over a...