Medicare

Business Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage plan’s quality ratings were incorrectly calculated by government, judge rules

First Opinion Carolyn Clevenger

Outdated Medicare rules prevent some dementia patients from getting the medications they need

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: A short-lived Medicaid freakout sends insurers’ stocks diving

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Physicians take Medicare Advantage to task for rural patients’ care gaps

Health John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Value-based payment is getting renewed attention. What it means isn’t getting any clearer

Insurance Bob Herman and Casey Ross

UnitedHealth argues algorithm lawsuit should be dismissed because patients didn’t spend years appealing denials

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Class action against UnitedHealth asks about DOJ probe transparency

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: CVS is willing to dump 10% of its Medicare Advantage members next year

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: The stories that shaped our understanding of the health care system

First Opinion Brian Hurley and Paul N. Samuels

Congress: Close Medicare’s dangerous gaps in coverage for addiction treatment

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

STAT Plus: The public wants Medicare to cover obesity drugs

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth CEO downplays his company’s control over physicians

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Senate drug shortage bill would pay hospitals bonuses for good contracting practices

Politics Mario Aguilar and Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Lawmakers unlikely to permanently extend telehealth flexibilities this year

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: CVS went hard after Medicare Advantage patients, now it’s retreating

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Federal judge rules against two drugmakers challenging Medicare drug price negotiation program

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Medicare official says breakthrough device reimbursement rule coming in early summer

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

Medicare expects a big spike in spending on Leqembi

Exclusive Bob Herman and Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Medicare expects to spend $3.5 billion on new Alzheimer’s drug in 2025

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Regeneron accused by Justice Department of manipulating Medicare pricing

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

HCA’s charity care filings are on hyperdrive

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: HCA reports almost $1 billion more in charity care to Medicare than to its shareholders, drawing more taxpayer money

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Watch: Medicare billing forms are running out of space for growing health care prices

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Biden administration sticks with slight cuts to 2025 Medicare Advantage payments

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage insurers pressure Biden administration for bigger payments

Health Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Despite new Wegovy coverage, Medicare patients may face high drug costs and other hurdles

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Medicare expected to negotiate obesity drug prices soon, new analysis predicts

Insurance Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Medicare couldn’t cover Wegovy for weight loss. But now that it’s also a heart drug, the door is open

Exclusive Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth is on a buying spree of outpatient surgery centers