UnitedHealth to accelerate Medicare Advantage payments to some rural hospitals

Jan 14 () - UnitedHealth's health insurance unit said on Wednesday it has launched a pilot program ​aimed at speeding up ...
Becker's Hospital Review

UnitedHealthcare launches accelerated Medicare Advantage payment program for rural hospitals

UnitedHealthcare has launched a six-month pilot program aimed at cutting Medicare Advantage payment processing times in half for independent rural hospitals in four states. The Rural Payment ...
InvestorsHub on MSN

UnitedHealthcare rolls out pilot program to accelerate Medicare Advantage payments

UnitedHealthcare (NYSE:UNH) said on Wednesday it is launching a six-month pilot initiative designed to speed up Medicare ...

Why March 31 is a critical date for Medicare Advantage plan enrollees

Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees need to mark March 31 on their calendars to make sure they have the right coverage.
InsuranceNewsNet

Senate report alleges Medicare upcoding by UnitedHealth

A Senate report released Tuesday alleges that UnitedHealth Group is gaming the Medicare Advantage system to reap massive payments.
STAT

UnitedHealth has turned Medicare Advantage coding into ‘profit-centered strategy,’ Senate report finds

The probe began after STAT and others reported on UnitedHealth's strategies to boost profits in Medicare Advantage.
Becker's Hospital Review

Senate finds UnitedHealth used ‘aggressive strategies’ in Medicare Advantage

UnitedHealth Group leveraged “aggressive strategies” to get higher-paying Medicare Advantage diagnoses, according to a Jan. 12 Senate report that Becker’s viewed. The Wall Street Journal initially ...

UnitedHealth used aggressive Medicare tactics, Senate committee report says

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group used aggressive risk-adjustment coding tactics to increase U.S. government reimbursement ...

UnitedHealth ‘aggressively’ gaming Medicare Advantage, Senate investigation finds

Iowa, dove into 50,000 pages of documentation from UnitedHealth for the new report, which accuses the company of maintaining ...

List of Health Systems Dropping Medicare Advantage Plans in January

Several major health systems are dropping Medicare Advantage plans in the new year. The hospitals are ending their acceptance ...
Houston Chronicle

Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose

(THE CONVERSATION) Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by ...