June 20, 2024 U.S. Uninsured Rate Plummets 26 Percent from 2019 The number of Americans without health insurance declined by 8.2 million from 2019 to 2023, according to a new report from the CDC.
June 13, 2024 Federal lawmakers Introduce Prior Authorization Bill A bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate leaders has reintroduced a key bill that would streamline prior authorization for Medicare Advantage plans.
May 09, 2024 Good News on Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Bill A bipartisan bill that would improve the prior authorization process for seniors on Medicare Advantage will be making a comeback in Congress.
April 12, 2024 How Medicaid Enrollment Continues to Change About 23 percent of Americans who were disenrolled from Medicaid since early 2023 report they are still uninsured now, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
April 02, 2024 How Medicare Advantage Payments are Changing CMS has issued a new proposal that affects payment rates for next year’s Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
April 01, 2024 CMS Offers Special Marketplace Enrollment during Medicaid, CHIP Unwinding The Biden administration unveiled new strategies to help people maintain coverage following the return of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility renewals.
March 25, 2024 A Look at 10-Years of ACA Coverage Pennsylvania and its state peers continue to see coverage gains on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplaces.
March 14, 2024 OCR Investigating Health Information Security Following Change Healthcare Attack The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Right (OCR) has opened an investigation into whether UnitedHealth Group and Change Healthcare are taking appropriate steps to protect patients’ health information following the February cyberattack that continues to disrupt hospital operations and finances.
March 12, 2024 Biden’s 2025 Budget Blueprint for Health President Joe Biden has unveiled a $7.3 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2025 that includes a focus on drug pricing, cybersecurity, and Affordable Care Act subsidies, among other health priorities.
March 11, 2024 Federal Government: UnitedHealth, Payors Must ‘Meet the Moment’ to Support Hospitals The federal government is calling on UnitedHealth Group and the payor community to support hospitals, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers following the Change Healthcare cyberattack.