Promoting Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
This week, the House Ways and Means subcommittee on health will host a hearing on promoting integrated and coordinated care
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Medicare Advantage
Do You Know What a Medigap Plan is?
When you sign up for Medicare you have an important decision to make: do you choose a Medicare Advantage plan
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Plans Enrollment is Increasing
By February 2017, Medicare Advantage plans enrollment increased by 1.34 million with a total Medicare Advantage enrollment of 19.5 million
Read More30% of health plans are pursuing outcomes-based contract negotiations, Avalere study finds
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Thirty percent of health plans reported they are currently negotiating one or more
Read MoreTwo Medicare Advantage Insurers Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit For $32 Million
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) Two Florida Medicare Advantage insurers have agreed to pay nearly $32 million to
Read MoreNOT GETTING QUALITY CARE? LET US (Medicare) KNOW
(Source – blog.Medicare.gov) Did you know that if you’re unhappy with your medical care, there are ways to let us
Read MoreCreating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act 2017
The Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 will not expand traditional Medicare
Read MoreThe Senate’s Bipartisan Chronic Care Working Group
On Tuesday at a Senate Finance Committee meeting, a doctor, health plan administrator, and hospital system administrators testified “expanding telemedicine
Read MorePhysicians and Payers Requesting Expansion of MACRA
In a letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, ten organizations that represent both physicians and payers,
Read MoreVirtual Visits for Medicare Advantage Members
A growing number of Medicare Advantage health plans are introducing “virtual visits” or telehealth as an option for seniors, with
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