Healthcare at Home Blog Series: 2021 Recap
Throughout our Healthcare at Home blog series, we took a deep dive into the transformative healthcare industry shift of utilizing the home as a healthcare hub
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HHS to Help Expand Access and Coverage for High-Quality Maternal Healthcare
As part of Vice President Kamala Harris’s Call to Action to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, HHS, through CMS, is taking steps to improve maternal health and support the delivery of equitable, high-quality care for pregnancy and postpartum care
2021 Affordable Care Act Marketplace Insurer Trends
Health Affairs examined the characteristics of counties that experienced changes in insurers’ participation in the ACA Marketplaces from 2016 to 2021.
Humana Announces Medicare Advantage Value-Based Care Results for 2020
Humana released a report with details on three key areas of data—prevention, outcomes and utilization, and costs and payments—for Humana individual Medicare Advantage (MA) members seeking care from primary care physicians in value-based agreements.
Biden-Harris Administration Extends Millions in Funding to New York and Minnesota Basic Health Programs
Biden-Harris Administration Extends Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to New York’s Essential Plan and Minnesota’s MinnesotaCare, the states’ Basic Health Programs, through the American Rescue Plan
CMS Issues Final Rule on Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Expansion
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2022 home health final payment rule on Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Study Shows Seniors Struggle to Pay for Healthcare
Healthcare costs continue to be a barrier for seniors. In fact, over one in four seniors in America face high out-of-pocket costs and lack emergency funds to pay for healthcare services, according to a MedicareGuide.com survey
Kentucky, Maine & New Mexico to Launch State-Based Marketplaces for 2022
CMS announced that Kentucky, Maine, and New Mexico will transition from HealthCare.gov to their own State-based Marketplaces for the 2022 plan year
AMA Study Shows Increasing Consolidation in Health Insurance Industry
The AMA published the newest annual edition of Competition in Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets with findings demonstrating the rise of highly concentrated markets for health insurance.
CMS Extends Open Enrollment Period
Beginning this year, consumers will have an extra 30 days to review and choose health plans through Open Enrollment, which will run from November 1, 2021, through January 15, 2022, on HealthCare.gov