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A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) confirms that CMS can base Medicare Advantage payment rates on the assumption that Congress will prevent a 25 percent cut to physician payments next year. Continue reading →

With just over two weeks until Medicare Advantage 2014 payment rates are finalized, Members of Congress in both parties continue to raise concerns about the impact of CMS’ new proposed payment cut on seniors in the program. Continue reading →

Recent attention on preventing hospital readmissions has focused almost exclusively on the fee-for-service (FFS) part of Medicare. This discussion has largely ignored the fact that Medicare Advantage plans, which provide coverage to 28 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries, have significantly lower preventable hospital readmission rates than FFS Medicare. Continue reading →