Another One Bites the Dust

by Kristin Rowan, Editor Essentia Drops Medicare Advantage Essentia Health is an integrated health system with locations in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin. The health system offers 285 different services across more than 1,700 locations. They employ more than...

Cigna Divests Medicare Business

by Kristin Rowan, Editor, On Wednesday, January 31, Cigna and HCSC signed an agreement to sell all of Cigna’s Medicare business — including traditional Medicare, supplemental benefits, Medicare Part D offerings, and CareAllies, a value-based care management...

Medicare Advantage Dominated November News

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...