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Medicare

Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?

Today, KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors.

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Money Medical

Medicare overpaying Advantage plans, says study

Research found that trends in diagnostic coding for patient risk scores will lead to Medicare overpaying Advantage plans substantially through 2026.

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Medicare paid $5.1B for poor nursing home care

By Garance Burke SAN FRANCISCO — Medicare paid billions in taxpayer dollars to nursing homes nationwide that were not meeting basic requirements to look after their residents, government investigators have found. The report, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general, said Medicare paid about $5.1 billion for patients to stay […]

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