Medicare Advantage

Medicare Advantage enrollees receive fewer home health visits than their counterparts in fee-for-service Medicare, according to the Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission.  The commission, which advises Congress on Medicare and Medicaid issues, published a report to Congress June 12.  Here…

Medicare Advantage isn’t living up to its promise, Former U.S. Rep. Jim Greenwood wrote in an op-ed published in The Hill June 15.  Mr. Greenwood was one of the authors of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which created the…

St. Louis-based Mercy and Humana have opened two joint primary care clinics for older adults.  The first two clinics in Springfield, Mo., and Nixa, Mo., opened in June, according to a June 12 news release.  The clinic sites will be…

The federal government will spend an estimated $86 billion on Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits in 2025, according to a report from the Medicare Payment and Advisory Commission.  MedPAC, which advises the federal government on Medicare policy, published the report to…

Coventry Health and Life Insurance Co., an Aetna subsidiary, received an estimated $6.9 million in Medicare Advantage overpayments, an audit published by HHS’ Office of Inspector General June 5 found.  The government watchdog reviewed a sample of diagnosis codes Coventry…