News & Announcements

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

 

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.

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

John Gorman on the future of MA plans

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.

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.

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

 

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

 

Some Plans May Prosper Despite MA Cuts, Managed Care Magazine

 

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

 

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Please note that Gorman Health Group has moved to a new address at 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 340 in Washington, DC 20015. If you have questions, call our office at 202-364-8283.

Medicare Advantage Premiums to Fall in 2011, New York Times, 09.21.10

 

Rate Increases Denied to Some Medicare Plans, Wall Street Journal, 09.22.10

 

Some Plans May Prosper Despite MA Cuts, Managed Care Magazine

 

Private Medicare Plans Are Retrenching, WSJ.com, 11.19.10

 

GHG Memo on CMS 45-Day Notice and Draft Call Letter for 2012

 

Latest CMS MA Enrollment Data Indicate ‘Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated’, Health Plan Week, 02.21.11

 

Delayed ACO Draft Rules Are Expected Soon Amid Sizable, Ongoing Interagency Debate, AIS Health Reform Week, 03.07.11

 

Access GHG's White Paper on Understanding the ACO Opportunity

Published on March 31, 2011

GHG Releases Summary of Proposed Rule & Guidance for ACOs

 

GHG Memo on the CMS Rate Announcement and Call Letter for 2012

 

Hear more on the outlook for Accountable Care Organizations from GHG at UC-Irvine on streaming video

 

GHG Memo on Final Rule CMS-4144-F: Changes to the MA PDP Programs for CY 2012

 

Major ACO Announcement!

CMS Request for Applications for an ACO “Pioneer” Model

Accountable Care: Opportunity Awaits

 

Cuts Would Only Shift Health-Care Costs, WSJ.com, 07.13.11

 

GHG Memo on CMS NPRM on the Establishment of Exchanges

 

Debt Proposal Targets CLASS Act for Now; Longer-Term Deals May Have Wider Impact, Health Reform Week, 07.25.11

 

GHG Announces New Venture Designed to Change Medicare Risk Adjustment

Read more about a new model for mastering the MA risk adjustment payment

GHG Memo on Changes in Final Rule CMS-4131-F and CMS 4130-F

 

GHG Memo on CMS Bundled Payment Initiative

 

GHG Memo on CMS Proposed Changes to the MA and PDP Programs for CY 2013

 

GHG Statement on CMS Final Rule for Medicare ACO Shared Savings Program

 

GHG Launches Gorman Staffing Resources offering for health plans

 

GHG Summary of CMS Final Rule for Medicare ACO Shared Savings Program

 

GHG Release on Medical Card System Management Realignment

 

Gorman Health Group Names New CEO

 

GHG Release on CMS Accountable Care Organization Pioneer Announcement

 

Hear a webinar update on the impact of the CMS final regulations on ACOs on 2/8 at 3:00 ET. Register now.