by Tim Rowan | Jan 24, 2024 | Regulatory
Untitled Document Analysis by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus P erennial Home Health enemy MedPAC angered a different group last week by releasing a status report on insurance companies participating in the Medicare Advantage program.1 The report details the way in...
by Tim Rowan | Dec 6, 2023 | CMS, Regulatory
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus MA Plans Continue to Exaggerate Patient Conditions for Profit As we reported in October (More MA Plans Caught Inflating Patient Assessments, 10/11/23), insurance companies operating Medicare Advantage plans routinely pad the patient...
by Kristin Rowan | Sep 13, 2023 | Editorial, M&A, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor UnitedHealth Group Makes Bid to Buy Amedisys after Acquiring LHC Group Amedisys is one of the leading providers of home health, hospice, and other healthcare at home services. It operates more than 500 locations in 37 states and the District...
by Tim Rowan | Aug 9, 2023 | Editorial
analysis by Tim Rowan, Editor It is good to occasionally remind ourselves that 2023 is the year enrollment in Medicare Advantage reached a full half of Medicare beneficiaries. Originally conceived as a plan to control spending, MA does seem to be achieving that goal....
by Rowan Report | Feb 1, 2023 | Admin
by Wendell Potter Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it. Right now, well-funded lobbyists from big health insurance companies are leading a campaign on Capitol Hill to get Members of Congress and Senators of both parties to sign...
by Tim Rowan | Sep 16, 2020 | CMS, Editorial
Insurance Industry Insider Instructs Providers September 16, 2020 by Wendell Potter (Adapted with permission from an article posted on the author’s Twitter feed. –Editor) My former colleagues in the health insurance industry claim they are waiving all costs of...
