Medicare & Medicaid Services

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  CMS sets Medicare Advantage and drug plan MLR rules

  By Allison Bell  |  May 20, 2013

  Insurers cannot count marketing or fraud prevention as "quality improving activities."

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  Marilyn Tavenner wins confirmation for CMS post

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 16, 2013

  Members of the Senate endorsed her performance with a 91-7 vote.

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  CMS nominee Tavenner wows Senate Finance

  By Allison Bell  |  April 23, 2013

  Panel agrees unanimously to make the agency's acting chief its official chief.

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  CMS to offer records to emergency aid authorities

  By Allison Bell  |  April 22, 2013

  Officials hope database access will help health authorities locate individuals who need extra help.

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  Feds: Brokers can be HHS exchange navigators

  By Allison Bell  |  April 3, 2013

  Stop-loss issuers and stop-loss issuer subsidiaries should not be navigators, CMS says.

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  Insurers win Medicare Advantage battle

  By Allison Bell  |  April 2, 2013

  CMS has replaced a 2 percent cut in projected per-person costs with a 3 percent increase.

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  Medicare Advantage enrollees could take hit in 2014

  By Liz Festa  |  February 26, 2013

  The proposed cuts will result in premium increases of $50 to $90 per month, AHIP warns.

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  CMS to Medicare plan bidders: Spend less

  By Allison Bell  |  February 20, 2013

  Regulators are projecting a 2014 per-capita trend change of negative 3.2 percent.

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  CMS proposes Medicare plan MLR rules

  By Allison Bell  |  February 19, 2013

  Medicare-related rebates could total $858 million, officials estimate.

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  CMS posts group exchange application drafts

  By Allison Bell  |  February 11, 2013

  Dependents can describe their relationships with covered workers at least 27 ways.