January 11, 2025
[HUM, UNH, CVS, ELV, ALHC] CY26 Medicare Advantage Rates: Likely Upswing in the Final
CMS’s Friday release of the CY26 Advance Notice (AN) for Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers [HUM, UNH, CVS, ELV, ALHC, CLOV, CNC] came in better than our net YoY benchmark expectations with a proposed net increase…
December 6, 2024
[HUM, ALHC, UNH, CVS, ELV, AGL] Expectations for CY26 Medicare Advantage Advance Notice
KEY TAKEAWAYS: We expect the proposed YoY change in the CY26 benchmarks for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans is likely to be relatively flat, with a range between -1% and +1% that excludes coding trend, but…
November 20, 2024
[UNH, HUM, ALHC, AGL, PRVA, MD]: Trump’s Unorthodox CMS Pick Reinforces Already Anticipated Support for Medicare Advantage and Physicians
President Trump’s surprise and unorthodox nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to be CMS administrator, whom we presume will likely be confirmed, affords somewhat of a blank slate for others in the administration to fill in…