Since their introduction 20 years ago, Medicare Advantage plans have become a rapidly expanding option in the Medicare system. In 2023, more than 30 million people enrolled in a Medicare ...

The Trump administration just rescued the big health insurers with a $25 billion payout. For more than a year, the story for ...

The goal of reexamining the issue of supplemental benefits should be to ensure the Medicare Advantage (MA) payment system is ...

Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.

People tend to like their Medicare Advantage plans — until they don’t ... The Senate report echoed the findings of a 2022 investigation by Medicare’s inspector general, which found that ...

Aetna’s Medicare Advantage plans, which are named Advantra, include the same basic coverage as Original Medicare (parts A and B), plus a wide range of other benefits. Aetna provides health ...

An analysis of differential coding patterns between Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) plans estimated how much coding differs between insurers and how much extra revenue insurers ...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees Medicare and Medicaid programs, said Tuesday that payments ...

and Medicare Advantage plans are provided by private insurance companies. Original Medicare includes Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B (medical insurance). For most people, only Part B ...

Many Medicare Advantage plans have a $0 monthly premium. You’ll typically still have to pay some other costs, such as copayments, deductibles, and coinsurance, as well as your Part B premium.

Humana's stock has shown resilience, boosted by a 5% increase in Medicare Advantage payments. Read my analysis of HUM stock.

A Medicare Advantage (Part C) plan bundles coverage from Medicare Parts A and B (Original Medicare) and sometimes Part D. Private companies administer Part C plans. These plans vary based on which ...