On January 6, 2022, CMS released its Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed rule: Medicare Program; Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs [CMS-4192-P]. A considerable portion of this...
Authors: Elexa Rallos and Tyler Overstreet Cromer On August 26, the Supreme Court struck down the administration’s temporary moratorium on evictions in communities with high levels of COVID-19 infections. This moratorium suspended evictions in over 90 percent of...
While traditional insurance companies sponsor most Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, a growing number of long-term care (LTC) providers—nursing and assisted living facilities—are forming health plans, using special needs plan (SNP) authority under the MA program to focus...
Social need is (rightfully) a growing focus among healthcare policy makers – with recognition that social determinants have considerable impact on one’s health and well-being. There’s a high prevalence of social need among Medicare beneficiaries, with nearly a fifth...
Beginning in January 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is adding a hospice component to the Medicare Advantage Value Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model. Despite calls to delay the start of the hospice component in VBID, CMS is moving ahead,...
