GHG News & Announcements

Medicaid Boom, Reliance on Private Plans Likely to Drive Member Growth, Health Plan Week, 07.19.2010

 

Cuts to Medicare Advantage Expected to Set Off a Chain of Blame, CQ HealthBeat News, 06.18.10

 

Some Plans May Prosper Despite MA Cuts, Managed Care Magazine

 

John Gorman on the Future of Medicare in a Reformed Marketplace, National Healthcare Reform Magazine, 05.06.10

 

GHG Summary of Final Rule on Changes to MA and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program

 

Babette Edgar of GHG elected to Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Board of Directors

 

GHG Summary of Final Notice of Payment Policies and Final Call Letter for CY 2011

Access GHG's April 9 summary of key provisions here.

Regardless of Action of Health Reform, MA Plans Foresee Payment Cuts, Medicare Advantage News, 02.19.10

Reprinted from MEDICARE ADVANTAGE NEWS, biweekly news and analysis on the Medicare (and Medicaid) managed care programs.

Fewer Medicare Advantage Plans for Seniors, NYT.com, 12.17.09

John Gorman on the future of MA plans

Hear a video interview on the future of Medicare Advantage

John Gorman outlines which segments of the Medicare Advantage program are fading and which are poised for gains. A Corporate Research Group interview from the the Oppenheimer Healthcare Conference in New York on Nov. 4, 2009.

CMS Announces Average Part D Premiums of $30 for 2010

Click here to access a GHG summary released on August 14, 2009

Re-Issuance of the 2010 Draft Call Letter and New Public Comment Period

 

Use of Electronic Prescribing Increases Among Physicians as Medicare, Private Health Plans Offer Incentives, KFF, 01.22.09

 

Gorman Health Group Summary of the Final and Proposed Regulations Impacting Medicare Advantage, Part D and RDS Programs, 01.16.09

 

With Payment Cuts Nearly Certain, MA Plans Must Demonstrate Value, Health Plan Week, 11.24.08

 

Studies Say Private Medicare Plans Have Added Costs, for Little Gain, New York Times, 11.23.08

 

Gorman Health Group Summary of MIPPA Regulations Released 9/15/08

 

Gorman Health Group Summary of H.R. 6331; Passage of New Law Marks Most Significant Changes to MA and Part D Since Inception

 

CMS Publishes Final 2009 MA Capitation Rates and Part D Payment Policies; CMS Will Conduct Plan Level Audits and Not Make Coding Intensity Adjustments for 2009, 04.10.08