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Health Insurers Surge After Medicare Agency Increases Payment Rates
Monday, April 7, 2025 - 5:46pm | 409Health insurer stocks are trading higher after the market close on Monday following a report indicating the Trump administration will increase payment rates for Medicare insurers. What Happened: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Monday that it will increase payment...
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Trump Picks Dr. Oz, Who Says Seniors Should Give Medical Marijuana A Try, To Lead Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 7:28pm | 573President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon that he will nominate TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The appointment is among a string of TV hosts — mostly from Fox News — to be chosen to join Trump'...
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Trump Picks Dr. Oz As Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Administrator
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 6:27pm | 497President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will nominate celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Details: Trump announced Dr. Oz as his pick for CMS administrator in a statement Tuesday afternoon. "Our broken Healthcare System...
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How To Earn $500 A Month From Johnson & Johnson Stock
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 5:59pm | 418Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) investors on Tuesday reacted negatively to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement of a price negotiation list that included multiple drugs from the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company. While traders pushed shares nearly 2% lower during...
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How Medicare Advantage Insurers Will Be Affected By Proposed 2024 Payment Cut
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 5:43pm | 328Medicare Advantage insurers might see an average 2.27% reduction in baseline payments in 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Wednesday. If the idea is approved, according to StatNews, the industry will see a net loss of more than $3 billion. What Happened: Medicare authorities...
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The Latest On Drug Pricing, Healthcare Bill As Senate Takes Up Issue In Earnest
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 3:59pm | 407It’s going to be busy this week in the healthcare industry, with several key developments on the schedule that could have a major impact on the U.S. healthcare sector. What A Week First, on Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the latest batch of Health Insurance...
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CMS Rate Hike: Which Stocks To Watch?
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 11:41am | 406Shares of health insurers climbed Monday after Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to increase the Baseline Medicare Advantage payment rates for 2017 by 1.35 percent, on average. Enrollment have grown in Medicare Advantage and Part D since enactment of the Affordable Care...
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New Proposed Home Health Rules Helps 'Big Guys,' Boosts M&A Outlook, SunTrust Says
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 12:16pm | 362The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released this week its proposed 2016 home health reimbursement rule that includes the industry's annual update and a framework for the implementation of value based purchasing. The proposal is calling for a 1.8 percent cut in 2016, 1.72 percent...