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CMS’s WISeR Model Faces Potential Repeal Following GAO Determination
Beyond Insolvency: The Bigger Picture of Medicare’s 2026 Financial Outlook 
From “Flat” to Favorable: How Medicare Advantage Payments Increased in the Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Rate Announcement
How CMS Policies to Reverse Protections for Medicare Beneficiaries Reflect a Broader Deregulatory Push 
The Game(ing) isn’t Over: Upcoding After v28
Leveling the Playing Field: Why Smaller Medicare Advantage Plans Are Calling for Payment Reform
CMS Takes Aim at Upcoding: Ending “Unlinked” Chart Reviews in Medicare Advantage
Apples to Oranges: Including the MA Risk Score Trend in CMS’s Estimates of MA Payments
An Uneven Playing Field: Why Smaller Plans Are Calling for Stronger Guardrails on Medicare Advantage Marketing
Drug Pricing in the Era of Trump 2.0
CMS Suspends New Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Transparency Rules Amid Public Concerns About Care Denials
Is the Sky Falling in Medicare Advantage? 
Assessing Medicare Advantage Quality at the Plan versus Contract Level
Implications of measuring Medicare Advantage quality at the contract level: What that means for beneficiary choices and plan payments
CHIR Medicare Policy Initiative Welcomes Ciannah Correa as a Research Fellow
New CMS WISeR Model Revives Concerns of Prior Authorization and Artificial Intelligence
SHIPs Provide a Critical Service for Medicare Beneficiaries
The Trump Administration’s First Regulatory Action on Medicare Advantage Omits Some Prior Authorization Guardrails
Policy options to cover anti-obesity drugs: Highlighting the Georgetown policy compendium as a resource
Privatizing Medicare: Challenges and Unanswered Questions about Default Enrollment into Medicare Advantage
CHIR Medicare Policy Initiative Welcomes Neil Patil as Health Policy Director
Did Changes From the Inflation Reduction Act Affect Medicare Beneficiaries’ Plan Decisions During Open Enrollment? Reflections From Two SHIP Counselors
What to Know About CMS’s Announcement That it Plans to Terminate VBID