Medicare & Medicaid

Meanwhile, in 2021, 94% of Medicare Advantage enrollees in individual plans are in one that offers access to some dental coverage.

The numbers also reaffirmed the expected individual Medicare Advantage membership growth range of about 425,000 to 475,000 members.

States should encourage their immigrant populations to access public health benefits, since the public charge rule is no longer in effect.

Potentially avoidable hospital readmissions cost Medicare approximately $17 billion per year, research shows.

New JAMA study shows higher levels of medical debt in non-Medicaid expansion states.

The total yearly penalty ranges from $109,500 to more than $2 million per hospital.

CMS will release traditional and digital advertisements and educational materials directed to those with high uninsured rates.

Clover is discontinuing its current co-branding arrangement with Walmart to offer MA plans in Georgia.

Physician fee schedule payments fail to keep up with inflation and threaten patient access to critical treatments, ACS says.

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