Tim Broderick

1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Nona Tepper |Tim Broderick

Medicare Special Needs Plan sign-ups rose more than the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Wall Street expected during the 2025 annual enrollment period, offering a welcome boost to an otherwise slowing Medicare Advantage market. More than 7.3 million people were enrolled in Special Needs Plans as of Feb. 1, up 10.1% from a year before, according to a Modern Healthcare analysis of data CMS published last week.

1 month ago | modernhealthcare.com | Nona Tepper |Tim Broderick

The more things changed for Medicare Advantage in 2025, the more they stayed the same. The 2025 plan year marked a turning point for Medicare Advantage, as insurers spooked by unfavorable new regulations, low federal reimbursement, an unexpected rise in medical expenses, a marketing crackdown and pushback from providers, stopped selling policies. Previously, insurers viewed the annual sign-up period as an opportunity to capture as many new members as possible.

Jan 14, 2025 | modernhealthcare.com | Tim Broderick

After the worst year for healthcare data breaches, where the number of reported attacks topped 700 for the fourth-straight year and a record 184 million people had their healthcare data compromised, one would be hard-pressed to find a silver lining. John Riggi, national adviser for cybersecurity and risk at the American Hospital Association, sees one.

Jan 9, 2025 | modernhealthcare.com | Tim Broderick

Healthcare continues to add jobs but the industry's gains in 2024 did not outpace 2023's performance — except when it involved jobs within hospitals. The industry added 681,300 jobs in 2024, compared with 688,400 a year earlier. While the number of jobs in other major areas of the sector saw smaller increases year-over-year, employment gains in hospitals rose 3.8% in 2024, up slightly from 3.7% in 2023.

Dec 2, 2024 | modernhealthcare.com | Nona Tepper |Tim Broderick

UnitedHealthcare and Centene have received higher Medicare Advantage star ratings for the 2025 plan year after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revised their scores. On Monday, CMS published updated Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program data that reveal the agency increased the quality ratings for 12 UnitedHealthcare contracts and seven Centene contracts, each of which comprise multiple Medicare Advantage plans.