Growth in Medicare Advantage plans has slowed in the past year and would be almost nonexistent if not for specialty plans ...

Medicare spending reached $744 billion in 2022, up from $200 billion in 2000, representing an average annual growth rate of 6.3%, according to a recent KFF report. “Growth in total Medicare spending ...

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2022, Medicare plans’ costs increased by 1.9% per member compared an increase of 0.6% in 2021. These comparisons are of continuously reporting plans after eliminating ...

Medicare Advantage insurers fully or partially denied 7.4% of prior authorization requests in 2022, an increase compared to the previous three years, according to an analysis by health policy research ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly over the course of the past two decades and is projected to continue to grow. We examined sources of new enrollment in MA and analyzed the switching patterns ...

The majority of the nation's health insurance markets remain highly concentrated, but one segment of the industry in particular continues to grow more competitive—Medicare Advantage. The Medicare ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are increasingly enrolling veterans. Because MA plans receive full capitated payments regardless of whether or not veterans use Medicare services, the federal government ...

Bruine de Bruin is director of the Behavioral Sciences and Policy Initiative at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service. Blum is a nonresident senior scholar at the USC ...