Two Medicare Advantage plans received the National Committee for Quality Assurance's five-star rating for 2024. The ratings, published Sept. 16, are based on 2023 data from commercial, Medicare, ...

Medicare Advantage continues to grow fast, diversifying its membership of 33.8 million people, or about 55% of the total Medicare population, according to the Better Medicare Alliance's 2024 "State of ...

Primary care clinics focusing mainly on older adults are more likely to serve Black patients and those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, a study from Humana found. The study, published in ...

Florida's insurance commissioner has given the green light for Health Care Service Corp. to purchase Cigna's Medicare business in the state. On Sept. 11, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky signed ...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named the best-rated health plans of 2024 based on nearly 50 factors that include patient experience and clinical quality. The ratings were released ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is requesting payments from some providers it alleges falsified patients' medical records when prescribing Ozempic, Bloomberg reported Sept. 12. A spokesperson for ...

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health will be out-of-network with Florida Blue if the two sides do not reach a new contract deal by Oct. 1. The contract negotiations affect commercial, Medicare ...

Point32Health president and CEO Cain Hayes is leaving the company after three years in his role. The company said Sept. 13 that Mr. Hayes is leaving "to pursue other opportunities." Point32Health's ...

The Cigna Group's pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, is suing the Federal Trade Commission and Chair Lina Khan over what it describes as an "unfair, biased, erroneous, and defamatory" report ...

UnitedHealthcare and Humana are expected to collectively receive 50% of total Medicare Advantage star bonus payments in 2024, while Kaiser Permanente is expected to collect the highest average bonus ...

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Come mid-October, the Medicare Advantage program will enter its annual enrollment period, marked by significant changes for older adults. "Additionally, the presidential election will distract ...