Senior living: Medicare Advantage insurers face new curbs on overcharges

By Fred Schulte, KFF Health News

Medicare Advantage health plans recently blasted a government proposal that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes.

But some health policy experts say the plan could help reduce billions of dollars in overcharges that have been common in the program for more than a decade.

On Jan. 26, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials announced they planned to raise rates paid to health plans by less than a tenth of a percent for 2027...