by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 23, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
Humana is bullish on future growth in Medicare Advantage (MA), its main line of business, in 2023 to bounce back from lackluster performance this year. The insurer also raised its profit outlook for 2022, sending its shares up some 8% since the news Thursday. The...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 16, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
Senior Market Sales® , has acquired Medicare Solutions Network, a Lisle, Illinois, Medicare agency known for its engaging educational Medicare workshops and exceptional customer service in the Chicago area. SMS President Jim Summers praised the success of husband-wife...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 16, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage
Researchers concluded that “MA beneficiaries received fewer low-value services than [traditional Medicare] beneficiaries, especially among MA beneficiaries enrolled in HMO products and those attributed to primary care organizations reimbursed within advanced...
by Carrie Haubensak | Sep 9, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage
Since 2006, the role of Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has steadily grown. In 2022, more than 28 million people are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, accounting for nearly half or 48 percent of the eligible Medicare...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 31, 2022 | Medicare, news
The Medicare program continues to offer sustainable, long-term growth and opportunities. Over the next ten years it is expected that 40.6 million individuals will turn age 65 and that the Medicare-eligible population will grow from 65.0 million beneficiaries to 78.4...
by Carrie Haubensak | Aug 25, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
The recent passage of legislation that would limit the cost of insulin for Medicare patients has renewed hope for those pushing for Congress to do more. Years before he came to the Senate, Raphael Warnock spent time bedside with Georgia residents suffering from the...
