Key Takeaways from CMS’s Rural Health Funding Announcement

This brief describes five key takeaways from CMS’s Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. It includes information about how CMS intends to review state applications and distribute funds and ongoing questions about the impact on rural hospitals, the distribution of funds across rural hospitals and states, and issues related…

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Health Insurer Financial Performance in 2024

This analysis of trends in health insurers’ financial data shows that insurers’ gross margins per enrollee dipped slightly in 2024 across four markets, remaining highest in the Medicare Advantage market, followed by the individual (non-group) market, the fully insured group (employer) market, and Medicaid managed care. The analysis also examines insurers’ medical-loss ratios across the…

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Employee opinions on their health insurance.Republican vs. Democratic physicians.States’ perspective on private equity in health care.California’s expansion of Medi-Cal for Unauthorized Residents.4D geometry.

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