Medicare Advantage Premiums Drop 14% for 2020 Open Enrollment
CMS projects that Medicare Advantage and Part D premiums are an estimated 14 percentage points lower than 2019 premiums, dropping from $26.87 to approximately $23.00 this 2020 open enrollment...5 Strategies for 5 Stars: Cigna’s Approach to CMS Star Ratings
Achieving five stars in all three domains – Medicare Advantage, Part D, and overall - is difficult. The work of Cigna’s HealthSpring of Florida plan in 2018 earned them five-stars across the board, making them one of only two...CMS Adds Star Ratings System to Show Plan Quality on ACA Exchanges
Plans on the federal health insurance exchange will publicly display quality ratings on a five-star system in plan year (PY) 2020, CMS announced. The quality ratings will be available for the 2020 open...MedPAC Seeks Changes to Medicare Advantage, Star Ratings Metrics
In the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual June report to Congress, the commission designed the Medicare Advantage value incentive program (MA-VIP), a new set of quality...Beneficiary Engagement with Medicare Star Ratings Lagging
More Medicare Advantage beneficiaries know about the Medicare Star Ratings than ever before, but the door is still wide open for CMS and health plans to educate consumers about making a plan purchasing...Sponsored Article
