High-deductible health plan growth stalls
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The proportion of people with employer-sponsored insurance enrolled in high-deductible health plans is
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Health Care Finance
In Response to Home-Care Workforce Shortages, Most States Report Increasing Medicaid’s Payment Rates and Expanding Worker Opportunities
(By Alice Burns, Maiss Mohamed, and Molly O’Malley Watts for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 24, 2023) Long-standing workforce
Read More4 recent Medicare Advantage overpayment cases
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Cigna Group will pay over $170 million to settle allegations of Medicare
Read MoreFixing America’s health insurance woes is ‘actually very simple,’ says leading economist
(By Annalisa Merelli for STAT) Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution
Read MoreBenchmark Survey: Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 7% to Nearly $24,000 in 2023; Workers Contribute $6,575 on Average Now, But Potentially More Soon
(By Craig Palosky, KFF for Kaiser Family Foundation published October 18, 2023) Amid rising inflation, annual family premiums for employer-sponsored
Read MoreAn Overview of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation published October 17, 2023) Medicare Part D is a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit for
Read More2024 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles
(Source – cms.gov) On October 12, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 premiums, deductibles,
Read MoreFeds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats
(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after
Read MoreExplaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
(Source – The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 06, 2023) Health insurance is expensive and can be hard to afford
Read MoreOIG: Aetna received estimated $25.5M in Medicare Advantage overpayments
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Aetna received $632,070 in overpayments for Medicare Advantage claims from 2015 to 2016,
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