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Moodys Investors Service issued a credit negative rating to health insurers that offer Medicare Advantage plans as 2015 Medicare rates are expected to be detrimental to enrollment and earnings.
According to Moodys, health insurers should expect erosion among benefits and premium increases as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently proposed a decrease in payment to insurers offering the Medicare health plan option.
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Organizers should ask, "Where are patients getting stuck, where are teams overloaded, and where is the current process failing to scale?"
Rising use of the weight-loss drug is fueling the fastest health plan cost growth in a decade and a half, forcing employers to rethink coverage strategies and cost management.
Michael Estep, (president of group insurance) discusses the importance of improving customer experiences, team communication, and making benefits a year-round priority.
To truly flip the script on metabolic disease, benefit leaders must build a cost-efficient, supportive plan for employees and their business.
Medicare now covers the medication for weight loss for eligible members, upping the need for corresponding lifestyle and behavioral benefits.
