The American Journal of Managed Care

Trends in Medicare Advantage Participation Among Commercial Insurers

An increasing number of people with employer-sponsored insurance are covered by an insurer that offers Medicare Advantage in the state. Objectives: Commercial health insurers can participate in the ...
Health Affairs

All-Payer Spread Of ACOs And Value-Based Payment Models In 2021: The Crossroads And Future Of Value-Based Care

During the past year, the pandemic strained the entire health care system. Many health care providers experienced significant disruptions with reductions in use and lower revenue. Some providers were ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Data on Insurance Reported by Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (Trends In Medicare Advantage Participation Among Commercial Insurers): Insurance

2024 APR 01 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily-- Current study results on Insurance have been published. According to news reporting out of Baltimore, ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Organizational Capacity Among Hospitals in Medicare and Commercial Bundled Payments

A national survey demonstrated differences in organizational capacity between hospitals participating in Medicare bundled payment programs and those coparticipating in both Medicare and commercial ...
The Repository

Letter to the editor: Enough with the Medicare Advantage commercials

I am so tired listening to all the Medicare Advantage commercials on TV and 10 letters in my mailbox almost every day about all the free things we get if we use these private insurance companies that ...
Forbes

Medicare Part B Premiums To Rise 14.5% In 2022, With Premiums For Highest-Income Couples Nearly $14,000 A Year

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced Medicare Part B premiums for 2022, and the base premium increases 14.5% from $148.50 a month in 2021 to $170.10 a month in 2022. That $21.60 ...
NJ.com

Should I choose Medicare over my employer’s health plan?

Q. I’m at full retirement age but under 70. I’m still working and get health insurance through my employer, but I have the hospitalization part of Medicare. Maximum Medicare premiums are slightly less ...
CNN

Aduhelm, priced at $56,000 a year, is a key factor driving up Medicare premiums

When the US Food and Drug Administration approved a costly new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, earlier this year, experts warned that all of Medicare’s more than 63 million enrollees could wind ...
MassLive

Nearly 1.3 million Massachusetts residents will face higher Medicare costs

Nearly 1.3 million people in Massachusetts will be paying higher premiums, deductibles and coinsurance amounts for Medicare in 2022. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday ...
Business Wire

Performant Healthcare Solutions Re-Awarded CMS Medicare Secondary Payer Commercial Repayment Center Contract

LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Performant Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: PFMT), (“Performant”, “the Company”), a leading provider of technology-enabled payment integrity, eligibility and related ...
Ars Technica

Dubious $56,000 Alzheimer’s drug spurs largest Medicare price hike ever

Seniors throughout the US will see a hefty increase to their health care premiums next year thanks in large part to Biogen's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, which is priced at $56,000 per year and is not ...