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Moda Health is discontinuing all individual Medicare Advantage plans and will no longer offer MA plans in Oregon for 2025. Premera Blue Cross will not offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2025. MVP ...

Four insurers have been named the best Medicare Advantage carriers for 2025 by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News used CMS star ratings data and more than 30 quality measures from the agency to ...

UnitedHealth, Humana and Florida Blue saw the largest declines in average star ratings out of the 15 largest Medicare Advantage insurers by membership, according to an analysis from Chartis. The ...

Elevance Health sold Miami-based Pasteur Medical Centers and Wellmax Medical Centers to Las Mercedes Medical Centers, which is also headquartered in Miami. Pasteur operates 11 medical clinics across ...

Four insurers have been named the best Medicare Part D carriers for 2025 by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News consulted with Medicare experts to determine the important factors for those enrolling ...

Changes from the Inflation Reduction Act are one factor driving up medical costs for UnitedHealth Group. The company reported its third-quarter earnings Oct. 15. UnitedHealth predicted its 2024 ...

Three commercial plans received five-star ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The NCQA published its 2024 ratings of health plans Sept. 15. The rating evaluates plans on nearly ...

The Medicare annual enrollment period has begun, marked by significant changes in the Medicare Advantage market. 1. Medicare annual enrollment runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7., when beneficiaries can ...

Authorizing Medicare to cover weight loss drugs would cost the federal government an estimated $35 billion over nine years, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office. The report ...

Elevance Health posted $1 billion in net income during the third quarter, a 21% decrease compared to the same period last year, according to the company's earnings report published Oct. 17. The ...

Michigan has awarded nine health plans contracts to manage its Medicaid program for individuals dually-eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. The new benefit plan, MI Coordinated Health, will launch in ...