The U.S. Government Accountability Office is asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to gauge the effect that an increase in telehealth utilization is having on the care quality experienced by Medicaid beneficiaries. The GAO cited statistics showing usage continues to rise.
UCare, a nonprofit health plan serving Minnesota and western Wisconsin, has tapped healthcare guidance and transparency technology company HealthSparq on a price transparency solution months before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule goes into effect for payers.. The partnership is to give members more personalized and accurate cost estimates for healthcare services for […]
Medicare Advantage plan payments are expected to get an 8.5% revenue increase for 2023. This is an increase over the 7.98% proposed in the February advance notice.
Despite the increased demand for patient care in 2021, the growth in national healthcare spending is estimated to have slowed to 4.2%, from 9.7% in 2020, according to the 2021-2030 National Health Expenditure report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.