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People with long COVID-19 are at higher-risk for a number of adverse cardiovascular and pulmonary events, a study from Elevance Health found. 

From issues with Texas' new physician gold-card rule, to 118 medical societies voicing strong support for proposed Medicare Advantage overhauls, here are eight stories about prior authorization Becker's has reported since Feb. 2:     

Insurers are ramping up campaigns and adding staff to let Medicaid members know about redeterminations. 

An estimated 1 in 4 Medicaid beneficiaries have enrolled since February 2020, according to Kaiser Family Foundation. 

These are five payers that reported net losses in 2022:

These are 18 recent policy changes made by CMS that have been reported by Becker's since Jan. 1:

Medicare Advantage differs from traditional Medicare in several aspects of care quality and cost, research published in the last year shows. 

Medicare Advantage plans are not required to identify when payments claims were denied, hindering fraud, waste and abuse investigations, according to a new report from HHS' Office of Inspector General. 

Humana and Aledade are partnering for 10 years on value-based primary care for seniors, which includes a path to full-risk agreements.

A majority of the nation's largest health systems and payers have filed their fourth quarter earnings reports. Becker's has compiled their year-end net profits and losses to examine where the healthcare financial landscape stands among the largest players as of…