Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He ...

One federal lawsuit has set off a chain reaction in the Medicare Advantage world, reshaping star ratings and quality bonus payments — and which plans come out on top. Typically, on the one-to-five ...

A recent court ruling in favor of Clover Health is leading the feds to recalculate Medicare Advantage's star ratings for 2026, and analysts at Capstone warn that this "foreshadows [a] volatile ...

Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He ...

CMS elevated Clover Health’s Medicare Advantage star rating from 3.5 to 4.5 for its largest contract, according to a June 9 regulatory filing. Clover’s PPO covers 97% of its members, and the ...

A recent RISE Health webinar examined how the Clover Health v. HHS decision could reshape CMS's authority over Star Ratings, quality measures and billions in Medicare Advantage payments. The Clover ...

Retired U.S. Army Maj. Bill Turman, left, returned a ceramic float he found on the beach on Okinawa to artist Ricky Matsushima on Tuesday at the Outrigger Reef Hotel in Waikiki. The ceramic float set ...

EA Sports UFC 6 has officially started revealing its roster ahead of launch, and fans quickly noticed several new additions listed on the game’s ratings page. With the game set to release on June 19 ...

Federal regulators have proposed changes to the financial institution ratings system commonly known as CAMELS that are intended to focus on material financial risk and bolster ratings transparency, ...

For 2026, 94 more hospitals received a 5-star rating in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday. In total, 385 hospitals earned ...

Senior Center members, "to celebrate maturity in life," as Stan Cass put it, constructed a fun float that took the blue ribbon high award for local clubs, in Saturday's Colorama Parade. "A group of ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week released a Medicare Advantage final rule that removes 11 Star Ratings measures and adds a depression screening measure. The rule preceded the ...