The Nursing-Home Coin Flip: Medicare Advantage Denials Draw A Federal Probe.
A new federal investigation found that Medicare Advantage insurers — including CVS Health's Aetna (CVS), Humana (HUM), Cigna (CI) and others — deny skilled-nursing and inpatient-rehab stays at strikingly high rates, in some cases as high as 80%, often reversing them only on appeal.
The Story
A new federal investigation found that Medicare Advantage insurers — including CVS Health's Aetna (CVS), Humana (HUM), Cigna (CI) and others — deny skilled-nursing and inpatient-rehab stays at strikingly high rates, in some cases as high as 80%, often reversing them only on appeal.
For the teachers and public-sector retirees I work with, this is the most important story in the paper today — and it has nothing to do with the stock market. The Medicare Advantage vs. traditional Medicare decision quietly determines whether the care you paid for your whole life is actually there when you need it. If you're near 65, let's talk about it before open enrollment, not after.
Themes & Tickers In This Article
- CVSCVS Health / Aetna
- HUMHumana
- CICigna
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