Tag: medicare-advantage
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Analysis: 1 in 5 seniors with Medicare Advantage plans receive prescription for high-risk medication
More than 1 in 5 seniors with Medicare Advantage plans received a prescription for a potentially harmful “high risk medication” in 2009, according to a newly published analysis by Brown University public health researchers.
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Grassley demands info on Advantage rate leak
A senior Senate Republican is demanding a complete timeline and details on communications between the CMS and a financial consulting firm after the firm told clients the agency will be turning a planned cut in Medicare Advantage payments into a…
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CMS does about-face on Medicare Advantage payment cuts
Apparently swayed by insurers and lawmakers, the CMS backtracked on an earlier plan to cut Medicare Advantage payments to insurers by 2.2% in 2014 and instead decided to give them a 3.3% increase.