As you would expect, the big for-profit health insurance companies deny that Medicare Advantage is a terrible waste of taxpayers' money. Their trade association, AHIP, cites research defending the ...

A higher-than-expected Medicare Advantage payment increase for 2027 is offering short-term relief for insurers, but experts shared with Managed Healthcare Executive, that it does little to ease longer ...

Last summer, major payers committed to pare back onerous prior authorization policies, to the skepticism of providers. Now, ...

Insurers have cut prior auth requirements by 11%, reducing 6.5 million authorizations and easing access across Medicare Advantage and commercial plans.

Medicare Advantage insurers are getting a 2.48% payment increase for 2027, which is more than the .09% increase proposed in the January Advance Notice. The final policies in the 2027 rate announcement ...

Major U.S. insurers cut prior authorization requirements by 11%, including over a 15% prior authorization across Medicare Advantage. Read more here.

The Trump administration has confirmed a 2.48% increase to Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2027, a figure substantially ...

After saying it wanted to keep federal payments to private Medicare plans roughly flat next year, the Trump administration ...

The U.S. government said on Monday it would raise payments to private insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans to older ...

The Trump administration announced a 2.48% payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, a much bigger boost than ...

Following significant industry outcry over a proposal to keep Medicare Advantage rates largely flat in 2027, the Trump ...