Star ratings are the metrics CMS uses to rate the quality of Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. These numbers help beneficiaries compare plan quality and are how CMS determines quality payments.
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From the release of its fourth-quarter earnings to suing over an executive's departure to a competitor, here are 10 stories about Cigna that Becker's has reported since Jan. 17:
Blue Shield of California is expanding its partnership with digital diabetes reversal program Virta Health.
Centene posted a net loss of $213 million in the last three months of 2022 despite reporting 15 percent growth in total revenue year-over-year, according to its fourth quarter earnings published Feb. 7.
CVS Health made a $10.6 billion move to acqurie Oak Street Health, named new esecutives and scored big contracts in recent weeks.
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A data breach has affected 300,000 Highmark Inc. health plan members.
Health Care Service Corp. — the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee for five states — said an email error caused former beneficiaries to receive claims, The Hill reported Feb. 3.
Around 20 percent of Medicare enrollees are also enrolled in Medicaid benefits, according to a report from Kaiser Family Foundation published Jan. 31.
Kaiser Permanente will refund 7,600 members in Colorado after a software update incorrectly calculated how much members had paid toward their deductibles, the Denver Post reported Feb. 3.
Humana is appointing new executives and expanding CenterWell, its primary care business.