by Anna Patrick | Feb 7, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare
Moody’s Ratings is downgrading the insurance industry’s credit outlook to negative as elevated medical costs continue to batter payers. Moody’s analysts noted in a report that spending in the commercial market alone is set to increase by 8% this...
by Anna Patrick | Feb 3, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Supplement
The CSG Actuarial Premium Rate Scorecard provides an overall premium rate competitiveness ranking by company across all states, plans, ages, genders, households, and zip codes, based on actual Medicare Supplement quotes completed on CSG Actuarial’s Market Advisor...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 30, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Cigna reported 4th quarter 2024 Medicare Supplement lives of 499,000, up 2.9% from the result at 3rd quarter 2024 and 6.2% compared to 4th quarter 2023. The table below shows Cigna’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter 2022. Based on...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 30, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
The Trump administration came into office earlier this week with a promise of cutting down on government spending and driving greater efficiency, but a new poll from KFF shows voters largely support continued spending on Medicare and Medicaid. KFF surveyed 1,310 U.S....
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 23, 2025 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (the CY 2026 Advance Notice). CMS will...
by Carrie Haubensak | Jan 23, 2025 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement
Elevance Health (formerly Anthem, Inc.) released 4th quarter 2024 financials on January 23rd, reporting a decrease of 3,000 Medicare Supplement lives in the 4th quarter and a decrease of 32,000 Medicare Supplement lives over the past 12 months. The Elevance Health...
