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January 1, 2024

Happy New Year! The Healthcare Labyrinth Newsfeed is off January 1. We wish you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year! You can read previous Newsfeed entries at the Newsfeed page. Visit out Blog page for the latest Blogs. Also visit Spotify for The Healthcare Labyrinth Podcasts. Search “healthcare labyrinth.” We now have three posted. Stay tuned for our predictions blog coming out tomorrow. Read our year-in-review blog already posted first. As well, our podcast this coming Friday will summarize 2023 healthcare events and go into predictions. — Marc S. Ryan and The Healthcare Labyrinth Website

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December 29, 2023

Devoted Health Has Successful Funding Raise Kudos to Devoted Health for its successful Series E funding raise. Devoted has been one of the few very successful insurtechs. It has excelled in the Medicare Advantage (MA) market as a startup. Run by career veterans with discipline, it is giving big plans a run for their money in some markets. Devoted’s record is very different to some of the other insurtechs, who cratered this year or are performing poorly. (Article may require a subscription.) #insurtechs #devotedhealth #medicareadvantage Link to Article Buchanan Right On Scoring Reform Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL and chair of the Ways and Means health subcommittee, wants a bipartisan group of lawmakers to work on legislation to revise the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) scoring techniques to include long-term savings from preventive healthcare. Others have backed changes too. Without getting into the technical details of CBOs methodology (I often see it

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December 28, 2023

Retailers Targeting Senior Populations In Primary Care Investments Good article showing why retailers are targeting seniors for their primary care initiatives. Retailers are interested in the potential financial arrangements (risk funds) that Medicare Advantage plans are focusing on. In addition, the seniors will tap other important features of their offerings, including pharmacies. (Article may require a subscription.) #retailhealthcare #medicareadvantage Link to Article Rural Hospitals Cite MA For Plight As Medicare Advantage (MA) grows, rural hospitals are saying that MA is responsible at least in part for their financial plight.  The argument is that even if MA plans pay traditional Medicare rates, they are getting so much less due to claim denials.  The net is not the same.  In addition, you have the wait time to get paid. This may be true in part, but I ask whether there is not waste and abuse in what the traditional system pays. Just

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