Columbia, MD – Provider Partners Health Plans announced today that all its CMS-rated Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 earned an overall 4 Stars or ...

Humana’s CEO James Rechtin expressed confidence that the company is on the right track to achieve better star ratings, and ...

Just three days after a federal judge ruled against Humana's Medicare Advantage star ratings challenge, the insurer is once again taking its qualms to court. Humana is likely to prevail in the lawsuit ...

Dear Savvy Senior, What does Medicare factor into their star rating system? I need to find a new Medicare plan during the ...

Medicare star ratings help people compare the quality of health and drug plans. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) bases the ratings on specific measurements and updates them each fall ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has appealed UnitedHealthcare's win over its Medicare Advantage star ratings score. CMS filed the appeal on Tuesday in federal court for the Eastern ...

Medicare’s open enrollment begins this week, and I feel for the millions of seniors who have to navigate a bewildering set of choices. Many want to find the highest-quality plan, but the process isn’t ...

Medicare rates Medicare Advantage (Part C) and prescription drug (Part D) plans by stars. The star rating is designed to help you select the best Part C or Part D plan for you. It’s also used to ...

The CMS has recalculated plans’ quality ratings in the Medicare Advantage program after a series of court rulings challenging the agency’s methodology in determining scores for 2024. The redo will ...

CMS does not adequately assess the effect of surgery volume when calculating its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, according to a study published in JBJS Open Access. CMS excludes some quality ...

The problem, according to authors Susan Xu, a research analyst with the Association of American Medical Colleges, and Atul Grover, MD, PhD, executive vice president at the AAMC, lies in the program’s ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a 5-star rating to Episcopal Health Services' Marjorie ...