09 Oct Health Data News Roundup: Star Ratings and Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment; Payers Tout Medicare Advantage Benefits; and Health Analytic Success

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.

Star Ratings Front-and-Center for Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment
With the 2024 Medicare Advantage open enrollment commencing on October 15th, enhancing Star ratings for Medicare Advantage plans continues to be at the forefront, as highlighted in this recent IMAT blog post.

Payers Tout Medicare Advantage Benefits
Health payers have been rolling out their new Medicare Advantage offerings, and are touting benefits that range from cost to ease of access, before open enrollment, beginning October 15.

Where 8 Payers Are Expanding Medicare Advantage in 2024
As the Medicare open enrollment period approaches, the nation’s largest insurers are expanding Medicare Advantage plans to nearly every corner of the country, along with introducing plans built for specific populations.

Alignment Health to Offer Medicare Advantage Plans That Address SDOH
Alignment Healthcare has partnered with Instacart to offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2024 that address social determinants of health, including food insecurity and transportation access.

Visualizing, Interpreting, and Disposing of Healthcare Analytics Data
The success of a healthcare analytics project is predicated on how well project stakeholders navigate the data lifecycle, which consists of data generation, collection, processing, storage, management, analysis, visualization, interpretation, and disposal, according to this Health IT Analytics article.

UnitedHealthcare Expanding Individual Plans to 4 New States for 2024
UnitedHealthcare will offer individual exchange plans in Wisconsin, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Carolina in 2024, and will continue to offer ACA exchange plans in 22 other states.

Total Adoption of Continuous Eligibility May Improve Coverage Rates
While Congress has taken steps to ensure continuous eligibility for children on Medicaid, data indicates that expanding continuous eligibility to adults could result in lower uninsurance, some cost savings, and better patient outcomes, according to a Commonwealth Fund issue brief.