Medicare Advantage

Monogram Health, a company focused on providing management services for patients with kidney disease, has expanded access to its in-home kidney care management program, allowing for more Cigna Medicare Advantage members to join it.

Dialysis Patient Citizens is suing HHS and CMS over policy language that may limit those with end-stage renal disease who want to join a Medicare Advantage plan to certain dialysis clinics.

In a retrospective, adjusted analysis of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who underwent peripheral vascular interventions, there was no evidence of an elevated mortality risk due to paclitaxel-coated devices.

Step therapy protocols and prior authorization regulations in Medicare Advantage and Part D plans are limiting access to needed medications and should be suspended by CMS for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order that directs HHS to take action to provide more insurance plan options under Medicare Advantage and to remove regulations that are burdensome to health care providers.