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Is managed care the right way to go for Medicaid?
11+ hour, 33+ min ago (164+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Small Doses: Avamere lays off 129 in Oregon
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (161+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Double-digit increases for 2027 health plans near approval
1+ week, 5+ day ago (151+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Patients face a thicket of red tape trying to maintain consistent health coverage
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (999+ words) By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in Kissimmee, Florida, in March, he had been waiting two months to regain access to some of the vital medications he’d been taking since undergoing a heart transplant…...
Thousands of Medicare beneficiaries thought their drug plan was free. Then they lost it.
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1399+ words) Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn’t receive any warning from…...
Medicare Advantage company pays $342M to government in midst of billing probe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (837+ words) A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, which covers about 2 million people on Medicare, sent the money to the Centers…...
Oregon Health Authority layoffs spark concern
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (160+ words) The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health Access & Quality Drugs & Pharmacies Housing & Poverty…...
Oregon Health Authority layoffs spark concerns
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (160+ words) Oregon Health Authority cuts spark concerns The Lund Report - More All Sections Latest News State Health Policy Money Flow Behavioral Health Health Equity Hospitals Opinion Caregivers SW Washington Oregon Health Plan Aging Rural Health Children’s Health Gender Health Public Health…...
Democrats to propose bill capping out-of-pocket Medicare costs for enrollees
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1086+ words) Sen. Ron Wyden and 14 Democratic co-sponsors plan to introduce legislation Thursday to cap consumers’ potential out-of-pocket costs in traditional Medicare, resurfacing a long-running debate over why the program doesn’t limit beneficiary spending. Even the bill’s backers say securing passage this…...
Medigap premiums leap, and consumers have few alternatives
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1040+ words) After decades of selling insurance, Illinois-based broker John Jaggi had never seen anything like it. More than 80 of his customers who were enrolled in the same Medicare supplemental plan from the insurer Chubb got hit last August with a 45% increase....