Yes, I think that is a very important signal because it is a tale of two pandemics.
So that is one way it is to the advantage of the Medicare Advantage plan, in order to be inaccurate.
So look, what we are really saying here is that it is in the financial interest of these Medicare Advantage plans to discourage beneficiarie...
For those--for that cohort, people over 65 people, with preexisting conditions, immunocompromised, they still have to act as though the pand...
Medicare Advantage plans must be required to meet network adequacy standards for outpatient mental health and substance use disorder care.
To help beneficiaries avoid these surprise costs, MA plans are required to publish directories which enrollees can use to find new doctors.
Okay, so it is a way to defraud consumers, to say you have this really big list of people you could go to if you had a problem.
I tell you, nobody is jumping in with any other answer. You know, this is the part that just drives me crazy.
America is facing a mental health crisis. One in five Americans live with a mental illness, and for Medicare beneficiaries, it is one in fou...
CMS should increase its oversight efforts to audit health plan directories to ensure they hold MA plans accountable.
If these Medicare Advantage plans continue to mislead beneficiaries about covered providers, at the same time that they are overcharging tax...
Majority Study Findings: Medicare Advantage Plan Directories Haunted by Ghost Networks.
