by Jordana Choucair | Jun 3, 2022 | Payers
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released an annual report predicting that Medicare’s Part A Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund will fall of money in 2028, two years later than the estimate in last year’s report. According to the trustees, if nothing changes,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 2, 2022 | Payers
A new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found that private insurance companies are expecting to pay out $1 billion in rebates to consumers this fall under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision. Individual market insurers are expected to pay...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 1, 2022 | Payers
Moody’s Investors Service released a report showing that strong enrollment growth in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid helped insurers have a solid first quarter. According to the report, the average growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and...
by Jordana Choucair | May 31, 2022 | Payers
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Friday that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not lower Medicare premiums for adults 65 and over until 2023. The adjustment is intended to compensate for...
by Jordana Choucair | May 25, 2022 | Payers
A new analysis found that the No Surprises Act prevented more than two million potential surprise medical bills across all commercially insured patients in the first two months of 2022. It further estimated that, should the trend hold true, more than 12 million...
by Jordana Choucair | May 24, 2022 | Payers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released year seven results for its Independence at Home Demonstration, indicating that the federal government spent 18 percent below its 2020 target. The ten medical practices that participated in the model saw...
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