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2025 Medicare Advantage pay cuts proposed by CMS

Having trouble viewing this email? See the online version Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Medicare Advantage plans face new rate cut under CMS proposal The latest rate cut sustains a string of regulatory actions unfavorable to Medicare Advantage insurers, which are likely to plead with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Congress for relief. Read More > MORE ON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE Medicare Advantage 2024 enrollment: Winners and losers Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B UnitedHealth reports cost pressures from util...

CMS negotiating prices for sickle cell disease treatment

Having trouble viewing this email? See the online version Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Wednesday, January 31, 2024 CMS negotiating sickle cell disease treatment prices for states The agency will strike agreements with sickle cell gene therapy manufacturers via the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model, which it unveiled last February.  Read More > RELATED ARTICLES Blue Cross first to open sickle cell gene therapy floodgates Blues plans launch Synergie to cut costs for the priciest drugs 9 hospitals to offer first FDA-backed sickle cell treatment ...

3 health systems' retention strategies that paid off in 2023

Having trouble viewing this email? See the online version Wednesday, January 31, 2024 Wednesday, January 31, 2024 3 health systems' retention strategies that paid off in 2023 Between professional development opportunities and $100,000 bonuses, a number of retention incentives worked out well for health systems last year. Read More > RELATED ARTICLES Walgreens layoffs hit more workers in third round of cuts Medical residents at Northwestern vote to unionize Marshfield Clinic furloughs hundreds of employees after failed merger ...