Last Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized a rule that overhauls the Star quality rating system for Medicare Advantage programs, cutting several measures, including the health equity index. The changes are anticipated to net insurers $18.6 billion over the next ten years.
In lieu of the health equity...
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) appeals a ruling that it recalculate UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, and another Medicare Advantage (MA) insurer has sued the agency over its quality ratings.
In November, Judge Jeremy Kernoodle ruled that the agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act...
