Healthcare DIVE September 13, 2021
It’s potentially troubling because people who are eligible for Medicare have a higher vaccination rate than the rest of the population.
Experts are keeping an eye on whether more insurers will report an uptick in hospitalizations among the seniors they cover following a recent disclosure from Humana.
Last week, the payer, the nation’s second largest Medicare Advantage insurer, reported a rise in hospitalizations among its Medicare Advantage members.
“I think we have to pay attention to it. We have to watch it closely,” Dean Ungar, vice president of Moody’s Investors Service who covers health insurers, told Healthcare Dive.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Humana provided an MA utilization update and said, “In recent weeks, the...
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