Medicare Insurer Shares Rise on Plans for Higher Payment Rates
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Monday it plans to hike rates by 5.06%, over double the 2.23% increase proposed by the Biden administration in January. The increased payment rates ...
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Study shows how UnitedHealth uses coding to rake in extra cash from Medicare Advantage
Health insurers in the Medicare Advantage business have a big incentive to diagnose their members with lots of health ...
Some Medicare Advantage’s diagnosing tactics made insurers like UnitedHealthGroup $33 billion richer
Medicare Advantage plans are paid more for sicker members and less for healthier members, which provides an incentive for MA ...
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US Boosts Medicare Plan Payments to Insurers by Over $25 Billion
The US government will pay private Medicare Advantage plans more money next year than it originally proposed in January, a ...