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Queensland second in world to identify women living with metastatic breast cancer
Almost 4,000 people have been formally identified as living with metastatic breast cancer through a new program.
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Medicare Advantage Less Likely to Use Low-Value Cancer Treatments, Study Finds
Managed Healthcare Executive gives C-suite executives in health plans and provider organizations news and strategies for value-driven solutions.
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Clearer Choices: Why Medicare Advantage Enrollees Need Better Information On Supplemental Benefits
Based on our experiences working with Medicare beneficiaries, the information people want or need to make informed decisions ...
Fighting breast cancer inequities in Sacramento’s Black community | Opinion
Black Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival for most cancers, including breast, prostate, lung and ...
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Medicare Advantage’s supplemental benefits will cost taxpayers $86 billion this year, with little transparency
Taxpayers will send an estimated $86 billion to Medicare Advantage insurers this year to pay for supplemental benefits for ...
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Changing Broker Incentives In Medicare Advantage
Major changes to broker compensation policies may need to wait until the outcome of litigation over CMS’s 2024 proposal, but ...
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Cancer diagnosis sparks Medicare plan switch — but only in some states, study finds
A new study reveals that Medigap protection laws significantly affect Medicare plan choices for older adults diagnosed with cancer. Patients in certain states were far more likely to switch from ...
NMHS terminates UHC Medicare Advantage contract
After nearly a year of negotiating, North Health Services facilities and providers have terminated, as of May 31, agreements with United Healthcare Medicare Advantage, as well as Medicaid-required ...