Healthcare Finance News April 6, 2023
By Jeff Lagasse

It includes changes intended to protect people exploring MA and Part D coverage from confusing marketing practices.

In a bid to put protections in place for Medicare Advantage, the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is finalizing a rule it said would strengthen MA and hold health insurance companies to higher standards.

Specifically, the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule looks to crack down on misleading marketing schemes by Medicare Advantage plans, Part D plans and their downstream entities; remove barriers to care created by complex coverage criteria and utilization management; and expand access to behavioral healthcare, CMS said.

The new rule will also promote health equity, HHS said, and...

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