Along with the occasional aches and pains, growing older can bring surprise setbacks and serious diseases. Longtime relationships with doctors people trust often make even bad news more tolerable.

Payers and providers are increasingly butting heads over Medicare Advantage contracts, with some health systems opting to go out-of-network. There has been a “spike” in contentious negotiations since ...

Medicare Advantage is heading into 2026 with a slimmer menu of perks and a tighter definition of what counts as medical care.

Hospitals and health systems continue to sever ties with certain Medicare Advantage plans heading into 2026, citing persistent frustrations with prior authorization denials and slow reimbursement from ...

Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare, offers extra benefits and low monthly premiums. However, prior authorizations and claim denials complicate this increasingly popular ...

Nationally, Centene's (CNC) Wellcare health plan will be available to more than 51 million beneficiaries in 32 states across more than 1,850 counties, including 13 in California "Expanding our ...

Several major health systems are dropping Medicare Advantage plans in the new year. The hospitals are ending their acceptance of MA plans over issues with prior authorization denials and slow ...

United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plans are no longer in-network at North Mississippi Health Services after the health system terminated its contract for the health insurance plans, which largely ...

This year, 57% of Medicare beneficiaries in Los Angeles County are enrolled inMedicare Advantage.* With the UCLA Health Medicare Advantage Plan, L.A. County residents can choose a health plan that was ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s Office of the Attorney General announced Thursday that residents with Medicare Advantage plans through UnitedHealthcare (UHC) who are interested in switching ...