From Medicare Advantage News - Employer groups stand to become a much bigger contributor to Medicare Advantage growth than they are now, but any big move probably won’t occur until 2013 and beyond, according to executives, consultants and securities analysts. “There’s a great deal of interest” on the part of employers, said Humana Inc. Chairman and CEO Michael McCallister in response to a question following his presentation at JPMorgan’s annual health care conference for investors in San Francisco Jan. 10. Read more
From Medicare Advantage News - If there is one key market segment that Medicare plans — and Medicaid ones — will focus on in 2012, it is Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles. After years of discussion, it looks as though both the federal government and states will accelerate dramatically implementation of programs to improve quality and reduce costs in care for duals, and the result will be big opportunities for plans. Read more
From Medicare Advantage News - A variety of factors contributed to what several plans and consultants tell MAN was a generally slower than expected 2012 Medicare Advantage Annual Election Period (AEP). Despite apparently very heavy activity near the Dec. 7 end of the AEP, many plans are likely to have fallen short of their perhaps overly ambitious goals, although there are prominent exceptions. Some of the difficulties relate to the required earlier start — Oct. Read more
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