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Medicare Advantage in the headlines: 7 updates

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage insurers are navigating headwinds in 2025, and new data shows

Eileen Cook February 19, 2025February 19, 2025 artificial intelligence algorithm, CMS, Health Insurance companies, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Older Adults

Health Care Finance

Hospital labor, drug expenses rising: 18 statistics

(By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Rising costs are reshaping the financial landscape for hospitals nationwide, but the

Eileen Cook February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 Drug expeses, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Hospital Labor

CMS Health Care Finance Legislative Update Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

Payers contend with Inflation Reduction Act changes: 4 notes

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Payers are navigating through the second year of major Inflation Reduction Act

Eileen Cook February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Inflation Reduction Act, medicare, Medicare Part D

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicaid

Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate: State-by-State Estimates

(By Elizabeth Williams, Alice Burns, Rhiannon Euhus, and Robin Rudowitz for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 13, 2025) There

Eileen Cook February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 Federal Match Rate, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid

Health Care - General Health Care Finance Health Insurance Prior Authorization

Montana Looks To Regulate Prior Authorization as Patients, Providers Decry Obstacles to Care

(By Mike Dennison for KFF Health News) HELENA, Mont. — When Lou and Lindsay Volpe’s son was diagnosed with a

Eileen Cook February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 Health Insurers, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Obstacles to Care, Prior Authorization

Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legal Actions/Court Decisions Pandemic

Cigna settles lawsuit over COVID-19 testing for $2.9M

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Cigna has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit

Eileen Cook February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 Covid Test, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Lawsuit, Out of Network charges

Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Cigna’s plan to cut drug costs: 5 notes

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Express Scripts, The Cigna Group’s pharmaceutical benefit manager, will implement new policies

Eileen Cook January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Healthcare redesign, Out of pocket costs, Prescription drug costs

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

What are the Medicare Part D changes in 2025?

On July 30, 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill that led to the creation of the Medicare

Eileen Cook January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance

Claims Denials and Appeals in ACA Marketplace Plans in 2023

(By Justin Lo, Michelle Long, Rayna Wallace, Meghan Salaga, and Kaye Pestaina for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 27,

Eileen Cook January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 ACA, Claims Denials and Appeals, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

CMS Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

This 2025 Medicare Change could reduce out-of-pocket expenses

Medicare changes every year, and 2025 was no exception. Although those changes usually involve higher premiums and deductibles for recipients,

Eileen Cook January 27, 2025January 27, 2025 CMS, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D