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How Wall Street Journal reporters uncovered Medicare Advantage overbilling
In the fall of 2022, a team of Wall Street Journal reporters asked the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for access to Medicare data for a series on suspected overbilling in Medicare Advantage. “We basically took the unusual step of asking CMS to treat a group of journalists as researchers for purposes…
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WSJ analysis shows sickest seniors leaving Medicare Advantage, shifting costs to taxpayers
A recent analysis of Medicare data showed that the sickest (and most costly) members of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans were dropping out of their privately run MA insurance plans for traditional Medicare instead. When reporters for The Wall Street Journal analyzed Medicare data, they found a pattern that was costing taxpayers billions. The pattern showed…
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