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  • Frequency: Biweekly (24 issues/year)
  • Pages: 8
  • Format: Print and PDF versions
  • ISSN: 1089-6589
  • Pub Code: NMANR-11WEB

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Medicare Advantage News

News and Analysis of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D and Managed Medicaid

The health care industry’s #1 source of timely news and business strategies about Medicare Advantage plans, product design, marketing, enrollment, market expansions, CMS audits, and countless federal initiatives in this hotly contested area of health insurance. Published biweekly since 1994 (when it was Medicare+Choice), the newsletter exists to help plans boost revenues, increase enrollees, cut costs and improve outcomes in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care.

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Renew your subscription to continue reading timely news and proven strategies for retaining enrollees and cutting costs.

Health reform is creating major new challenges for Medicare Advantage plans, as payments are dropping, compliance costs are increasing, and numerous provisions (e.g., shorter marketing periods) are being altered significantly.

On the positive side, MA operators that demonstrate high quality in CMS’s star ratings will get significant bonuses and gain enrollment at the expense of weaker competitors. And some MA Special Needs Plans (SNPs) will actually get higher pay for some members.


Renew your subscription now and continue receiving proven business strategies and answers to big-dollar questions on Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D and managed Medicaid.


Medicare Advantage News provides answers to these and other big-dollar MA questions:

  • What new strategies are Medicare Advantage plans using to cope with payment cuts that may only get deeper in the future?
  • What benefit-design changes and premium adjustments are MA plans making in light of new CMS rules and policies in a range of areas.
  • How are MA plans altering their operations and goals to take advantage of the large quality bonuses that will be awarded to high-rated plans?
  • How are plans preparing for what may be ultra-costly Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) audits and the expansion of Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) audits to MA?

In the year ahead, Medicare Advantage News will continue to deliver timely news and winning strategies, as well as insider perspectives on the major changes coming out of Washington. Your one-year subscription renewal includes:

  • 24 biweekly issues of Medicare Advantage News delivered First Class by U.S. Mail and electronically (optional)
  • Informative, subscriber-only E-alerts when timely news breaks
  • AIS’s 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
  • Access to a subscriber-only Web page with:
    • Three years of searchable archives of past issues,
    • Recent stories of interest and hot topic articles grouped for convenient reading, and
    • Regular postings from your editor.

Written By

Managing editor James H. Gutman has overseen Medicare Advantage News since 2002, and also edits and helps develop other health business publications in AIS’s product line. Jim has more than 30 years of experience in business journalism, and has covered managed care for nearly two decades.

Written For

  • Health plan business and financial managers (CEOs, CFOs, product and sales managers, government affairs managers)
  • Executives of pharmaceutical manufacturers and PBMs
  • Hospital and health system business and financial executives
  • Consultants, actuaries, financial analysts and attorneys

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Your satisfaction with Medicare Advantage News is fully guaranteed. If you are not completely satisfied with the newsletter, you may cancel at any time in the year ahead and receive a full prompt refund for all unmailed issues.

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Medicare Advantage News

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24 issues, plus E-Alerts and access to a subscriber-only website
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