Monday, April 4, 2022: Payers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced states can now seek to extend postpartum Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage by 12 months as opposed to just 60 days. Louisiana is the first state to offer the extended coverage,...

Friday, April 1, 2022: Payers

A new survey conducted by Fidelity and the Business Group on Health revealed that employers are evolving their wellness offerings in a post-pandemic workspace. According to the survey, 83 percent of 166 jumbo, large, and midsized employers surveyed expect wellbeing to...

Tuesday, March 29, 2022: Payers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary released its Projections of National Health Expenditures report, indicating that health care prices are expected to rise this year. The report predicts that prices will rise by 3.6 percent in...

Monday, March 28, 2022: Payers

The Florida State Agency for Health Care Administration suspended Medicaid and long-term care enrollment in Sunshine State Health Plan, a Centene subsidiary, after a computer glitch led the plan to mistakenly deny medical claims for more than 121,100 lower-income...

Friday, March 18, 2022: Payers

A new Humana study found that value-based care can drive down acute care episodes among Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries. According to the research, MA members treated by doctors in advanced value-based care models had 5.6 percent fewer hospitalizations and 13.4...

Thursday, March 17, 2022: Payers

CMS released states’ final disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 and preliminary allotments for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. According to the notice, CMS provided $12.3 billion in DSH payments to states in 2018 and 12.5...