Medicare Advantage plans that place greater restrictions on home health agency care delivery may have more adverse patient outcomes than plans that provide episodic payments.

Columbia, MD – Provider Partners Health Plans announced today that all its CMS-rated Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 earned an overall 4 Stars or ...

Referrals are home health providers’ “lifeblood” – but the referral landscape has become increasingly challenging, requiring ...

Since 2019, Medicare Advantage plans have been allowed to cover select long-term services and supports — such as in-home support, adult day health, caregiver support, home-based palliative care and ...

When compared with patients on traditional Medicare, patients on Medicare Advantage had less intensive home health care, even if they had similar needs. Patient outcomes when using home health care ...

Medicare Advantage provides simple, affordable, and supportive care for seniors and people with disabilities. Protect and ...

Fewer home health visits and shorter lengths of stay are likely related to cost containment strategies by Medicare Advantage plans, the researchers wrote. MA, where insurers contract with the federal ...

Good morning. I’m Fred Schulte, a KFF Health News investigative reporter. Send your story ideas and tips to [email protected]. Today’s edition: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering a major changes to ...

Tech-enabled Medicare Advantage startup Devoted Health is closing out 2023 with $175 million in fresh funding, marking one of the largest funding rounds of the year. The series E round was led by a ...

Ballad Health has filed a federal lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and its insurance arm, UnitedHealthcare, over Medicare Advantage ...

Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in March when she got surprising news from her Medicare Advantage plan: It would no longer pay for her care because she ...