by Carrie Haubensak | Apr 8, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (the Rate Announcement). CMS’s goals for Medicare Advantage and Part D mirror...
by Carrie Haubensak | Mar 3, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
As a parting gesture to a pandemic-ravaged city, former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio hoped to provide the city with a gift that would keep on giving: new health insurance for 250,000 city retirees partly funded by the federal government. Although he promised better...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 24, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, news
Overall Medicare Advantage enrollments as of February 2022 reflected year-end growth of 1.4 million lives compared to December 2021. The Medicare Advantage year-end growth of 1.4 million lives was the 2nd highest year-end growth total in the history of the Medicare...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 17, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
A contract dispute between the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurer and a storied health system could provide a glimpse into the future of rate negotiations. Mayo Clinic will no longer schedule appointments for out-of-network patients, aside from those...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 17, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
Primerica executives acknowledged Tuesday that selling Medicare plans turned out to be tougher than they had expected — and that one reason is that the shift to remote work was not good for agent sales performance. The Duluth, Georgia-based company is best known for...
by Carrie Haubensak | Feb 10, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
For 4th quarter 2021, CVS Health reported Medicare Supplement member in-force counts of 1,285,000, up 43,000 from 3rd quarter 2021 and 203,000 over the past 12 months. The 203,000 increase in membership in the past 12 months was slightly higher than the membership...
