Your Medicare Advantage Plan Is Being Canceled. Why It’s Not the End of the World.
When a Medicare Advantage plan is eliminated, the members can return to traditional Medicare and buy a Medigap supplement ...
Medpage Today on MSN2d
Use of Prior Authorization Up in Medicare Advantage Plans, Senate Report Finds
Medicare Advantage plans have increased their use of prior authorization and appear to be targeting certain types of care -- ...
‘Absolutely outrageous’ CT senator blasts Medicare Advantage insurers for denying care
Conn., blasted Medicare Advantage providers at a press conference in Hartford on Thursday for denying coverage for certain ...
Modern Healthcare2d
Senate report alleges MA insurers abuse prior authorization
Humana, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group say a Senate panel is mischaracterizing spikes in prior authorization requests and ...
aha.org2d
Senate report scrutinizes Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials for post-acute care services
A report released Oct. 17 by the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s investigative subcommittee scrutinizes some of the ...
Skilled Nursing News2d
U.S. Senate Subcommittee Raises Alarm Over Medicare Advantage’s Denial of Post-Acute Care
Medicare Advantage’s prior authorization process has resulted in higher denial rates among three of the largest health ...
Medicare Advantage insurers deny care too often, Blumenthal says
A federal report outlines how UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and CVS reject coverage of post-acute care at higher rates than other ...
Becker's Hospital Review2d
Medicare Advantage plans 'intentionally using prior authorization to boost profits': Senate report
The largest Medicare Advantage insurers have prioritized profits over patient care by increasing the use of prior authorization in recent years to frequently deny post-acute care services to older ...
Medical Xpress on MSN10d
Medicare prior authorization affecting plastic and reconstructive surgery didn't have hoped-for effect
A policy aiming to save Medicare money has not had the intended effect on outpatient surgery. As the policy expands across ...
dermatologyadvisor1d
Prior Authorization in Oncology: Burdens and Barriers to Care
Research suggests that prior authorization has negative effects on patients with cancer and oncology providers.
McKnight's Long-Term Care News1d
Senate report hits top 3 Medicare Advantage insurers over ‘refusal’ of skilled nursing, other coverage
A Senate report published Thursday blasts the nation’s three largest Medicare Advantage insurers for increasingly limiting access to post-acute care and forcing vulnerable patients into “impossible ...
STAT2d
Medicare Advantage insurers ramped up use of technology to deny claims, Senate investigation shows
The Senate report extensively cites STAT’s investigation of the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence within Medicare ...