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MA Plans Protest Rate Increase As Medicare Whittles Prior Auth Timeline

Published on Fri Feb 09, 2024

One Blues plan cuts prior auth requirement for hospitalized patients’ home health. Home health and hospice providers have plenty of complaints about Medicare Advantage organizations, but MAOs have complaints themselves — about Medicare. For one: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a 3.7 percent reimbursement rate update for MAOs in 2025, according to its Advance Notice released [...]
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