Browsing: Medicare

Dive Brief: Democratic lawmakers are pushing for answers from Mehmet Oz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CMS, about…

Dive Brief: UnitedHealth and Centene have received a valuable boost in their Medicare Advantage star ratings for 2025 after squaring…

In one of its last major policy actions, the Biden administration on Tuesday proposed a rule that would allow Medicare…

Dive Brief: The CMS on Tuesday proposed additional guardrails around Medicare Advantage plans’ prior authorization practices — including their use…

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz, a physician, TV personality and former Republican candidate for Senate, to run…

Dive Brief: The Biden administration is moving to lessen the importance of a controversial metric used to calculate valuable Medicare…

Dive Brief: Medicare’s largest value-based care program saved the government more than $2.1 billion last year — an all-time record, according…

Dive Brief: Actions taken by Humana to weather tumult in the Medicare Advantage program appear to be bearing fruit. On…

A key lobbying group for Medicare Advantage insurers is ringing warning bells about disruptions to care as a result of…

Dive Brief: A new Senate report sharply criticizes the country’s three largest Medicare Advantage insurers — UnitedHealthcare, Humana and CVS…