MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS: Rates Substantially Increased for 2026

By Health Capital Consultants LLC

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On April 7, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published their 2026 Rate Announcement for Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.

For 2026, the payment rate to MA plans will increase 5.06%, the largest increase in the past ten years, and up significantly from the 2.2% rate increase proposed by the Biden Administration.

This Health Capital Topics article will review the Rate Announcement. (Read more…)

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MDs RETIRING: 23,000 Physicians Will Retire by 2026

By Staff Reporters

SPONSOR: http://www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.org

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Thousands of doctors are expected to reach retirement age in the next three years, and their replacements won’t be physicians.

CITE: https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/0826102549

Instead, physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) will increasingly provide primary care services, according to a report from consulting firm Mercer.

MORE: https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2023/03/16/non-mds-will-provide-primary-care?cid=31157347.24865&mid=349b552221c994e2540a304649746d7c&utm_campaign=hcb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew

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RELATED: https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/04/rural-americas-health-care-crisis-unmasking-the-physician-shortage-epidemic.html

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