Because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays MA plans more for patients who are higher risk, having more diagnoses per patient increases payments. In contrast, traditional Medicare, ...

Phoenix-based Banner Health reported an operating income of $362.5 million(2.3% operating margin) in 2024, up from an operating income of $282.8 million (2% margin) in 2023, according to its March 14 ...

A report released March 6 showing how health plan agents receive hefty financial incentives to steer beneficiaries into ...

Officials said all lines of coverage underperformed, but about 70% of the year-over-year decline was attributable to Banner’s wholly owned Medicare Advantage plan and its commercial insurance ...