The CMS is proposing to overhaul the Medicare Advantage star ratings system, including by culling a dozen quality measures and removing a health equity reward. In a proposed rule released Tuesday, the ...

To find the best health insurance companies, we evaluated nine insurers across 35 criteria, including costs, customer ...

Medicare Advantage star ratings were released in October, and while health plans have seen ratings dip across the industry over the past three years, this year shows signs of stability despite ...

A previous Forefront article by these authors described how a two-tier framework—reformed Stars Ratings and a comprehensive Medicare Advantage (MA) Transparency Scorecard on non-clinical ...

Average Medicare Advantage star ratings for 2026 are essentially flat after a few consecutive years of declines — a good sign for the industry, which had braced itself for lower quality scores. Still, ...

July 21 (Reuters) - Humana (HUM.N), opens new tab on Monday filed a new lawsuit over the U.S. government's reduction in the health insurer's star ratings for government-backed Medicare plans, after an ...

Five-star Medicare Advantage plans represent the highest quality level in private Medicare coverage. However, only a handful of plans received this mark in 2025. To improve transparency and ensure ...

UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) led a rally in the managed care space on Tuesday after the health insurer reaffirmed its 2025 earnings outlook for the second time this week and issued a favorable update on ...