Medicare Advantage in the headlines: 5 recent updates

Becker's Healthcare April 19, 2024
Rylee Wilson

CMS has published its final rates and rules for Medicare Advantage in 2025. Payers say the new rate payments are putting more pressure on already strained margins.

Here are five key Medicare Advantage stories Becker’s has reported since March:

1. Rising medical cost trends in Medicare Advantage aren’t going down, but they are stabilizing, UnitedHealth Group executives said.

   “We haven’t seen a step-down from that trend, but we certainly see that kind of sustained activity without aggressive acceleration,” CEO Andrew Witty said on an April 16 investor call.

2. CMS issued its final 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D rule April 4, setting new standards around marketing, broker payments and prior authorization. Here are 11 key updates to know.
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