Medicare Advantage

Following the annual enrollment period for 2026, 56.1 million people — up from 54.6 million in 2025 — are enrolled in Medicare Part D, which includes standalone prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans with prescription drug coverage, as of…

Medicare beneficiaries had about 60 million telehealth visits per year between 2021 and 2023, according to a February study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.  Co-author and University of Utah assistant professor Terrence Liu, MD, broke down the findings March…

CMS reported a record of nearly 47,000 comments on its Medicare Advantage payment proposal for 2027. The insurer-backed Better Medicare Alliance, an MA advocacy group, hosted an executive summit March 3, featuring CMS Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator Chris…

Network Health, a Wisconsin-based insurer owned by Froedtert ThedaCare Health, grew 37% during this past annual enrollment period to 126,000 total Medicare Advantage members, its second consecutive year of record growth. The plan also posted a 98% member retention rate.…

Medicare Advantage enrollment grew less than 1% during this past annual enrollment period, but beneath that modest topline number was a dramatic reshuffling as national payers shed hundreds of thousands of members while smaller and regional plans posted some of…

The insurer-backed Better Medicare Alliance, a Medicare Advantage advocacy group, and over 100 other organizations sent a letter Feb. 27 to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, urging the agency to modify proposed 2027 rate levels for Medicare Advantage. The signatories…

CMS is sanctioning Elevance Health and plans to suspend enrollment into the insurer’s Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, according to a Feb. 27 agency letter. The enrollment and communications pause is set to begin March 31 unless Elevance submits all…

Medicare Advantage growth is slowing down as payers prioritize margins over membership, and  some states are recording a decline in enrollment for the first time, according to a Feb. 26 report from HealthScape Advisors and Chartis. The report used CMS…

CMS has suspended new Medicare Advantage enrollment into Aspirus Health Plan, part of Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health, after the insurer’s claims processor was taken over by Minnesota regulators. The intermediate sanction, issued Feb. 24, bars new Medicare beneficiaries from enrolling…

SCAN Health Plan will start a “Brokers as Health Navigators” program across its Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Washington markets, according to a Feb. 23 news release. “Many of the best brokers are already acting as trusted advisors, guiding…