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Medicare Advantage Competition

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Increased Scrutiny into Agents & Brokers in the Medicare Advantage Space

Most Medicare Advantage (“MA”) beneficiaries rely on agents and brokers to help them navigate the complex process of selecting a health plan that will meet their needs. In exchange, brokers and agents received certain fixed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Issues CY2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Final Rule

On April 4, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the contract year 2025 (CY2025) Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule (the “Final Rule”). In addition to finalizing its CY2025 proposed rule,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Medicare Advantage Agent and Broker Compensation: Commissions, Administrative Payments, and Referral Fees under 42 C.F.R. §...

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A common question in the context of Medicare Advantage (“MA”) distribution and compensation is how agents and brokers may be compensated for commissions and administrative payments and whether, and to what extent, referral...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Proposed Changes Increase Drug Competition in Medicare Part D

On November 26 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Proposed Rule, Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses. The proposed rule would...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Seeks to Lower Costs and Increase Competition with Step Therapy for Medicare Part B Drugs

As a continuation of the recent drug pricing developments tied the Trump Administration’s American Patients First Blueprint, beginning January 1, 2019, Medicare Advantage plans will be able to apply step therapy for...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Aetna-Humana Merger Blocked

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The District of Columbia federal court recently ruled that a proposed $37 billion merger between health insurance giants Aetna and Humana cannot proceed, granting the US Department of Justice’s bid to block the combination on...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Aetna and Humana Go to Battle With Regulators Over Multi-Billion Dollar Merger

The trial over Aetna and Humana's $37 billion proposed merger kicked off today in a Washington, D.C. federal court. At issue is whether the companies' merger would substantially lessen competition in the market for...more

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