by Carrie Haubensak | Nov 3, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, news
Humana reported 3rd quarter 2022 Medicare Supplement lives of 316,500, down 0.3% from the result at 2nd quarter 2022 and a 4.7% decrease compared to 3rd quarter 2021. The table below shows Humana’s Medicare Supplement enrollment counts by quarter since 1st quarter...
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 13, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Advantage, news
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) and Medicare Part D Star Ratings each year to measure the quality of health and drug services received by consumers enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) and...
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 13, 2022 | Medicare, Medicare Supplement, news
CSG Actuarial has compiled all of the new business rate increases implemented on Medicare Supplement blocks of business since 2011. The overall average increase for year-to-date 2022 is 4.2%, the lowest since 2018. Historical average rate increases by year since...
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 6, 2022 | 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 | Oct 6, 2022 | Insurance Industry, Medicare, news
Just weeks after securing a federal court win allowing their merger to go forward, UnitedHealth Group has completed its controversial acquisition of Change Healthcare. The insurance giant announced the deal’s closure on Monday morning. In the release,...
by Carrie Haubensak | Oct 6, 2022 | Medicare, news
CMS system edits helped reduce Medicare overpayments to acute care hospitals for outpatient services provided to beneficiaries who were inpatients of other facilities, a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found. Through a previous audit, OIG found that...