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Commentary
Optimizing Risk Adjustment and Quality Measurement With AI
09/15/2025
Deepan Vashi
As we’ve covered in the earlier entries in this series, artificial intelligence (AI) is proving useful in streamlining health plan operations of all sorts. AI tools can also augment human expertise for optimal results in less structured but...
As we’ve covered in the earlier entries in this series, artificial intelligence (AI) is proving useful in streamlining health plan operations of all sorts. AI tools can also augment human expertise for optimal results in less structured but...
As we’ve covered in the earlier...
09/15/2025
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Commentary
Medicaid Cuts Will Endanger the United States’ Most Vulnerable Children
06/19/2025
Taylor Beery
Recently, House and Senate Republicans introduced a sweeping package of Medicaid cuts that would fundamentally reshape the program—reducing enrollment, adding new eligibility barriers, and threatening the care of millions of children. These...
Recently, House and Senate Republicans introduced a sweeping package of Medicaid cuts that would fundamentally reshape the program—reducing enrollment, adding new eligibility barriers, and threatening the care of millions of children. These...
Recently, House and Senate...
06/19/2025
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Videos
Evolving Strategies in RA Treatment: Real-World Insights and Access Challenges
06/09/2025
Jonathan Kay, MD; Julie Baak; Juliet Gallagher
This expert roundtable, hosted by First Report Managed Care, explores the evolving rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment landscape, highlighting advancements in therapeutic options, challenges with payer-driven access and reimbursement, and the...
This expert roundtable, hosted by First Report Managed Care, explores the evolving rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment landscape, highlighting advancements in therapeutic options, challenges with payer-driven access and reimbursement, and the...
This expert roundtable, hosted...
06/09/2025
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Commentary
Bridging Care Gaps and Improving Access for Rural Members
05/13/2025
Leah Dewey
Given the significant challenges facing rural communities, health plans should harness their creativity and tenacity when aiming to improve outcomes for their rural members. Plans that are willing to invest in targeted outreach efforts can...
Given the significant challenges facing rural communities, health plans should harness their creativity and tenacity when aiming to improve outcomes for their rural members. Plans that are willing to invest in targeted outreach efforts can...
Given the significant challenges...
05/13/2025
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Commentary
Navigating the Decline of Medicare Advantage Star Ratings in 2025: Six Need-to-Knows
11/25/2024
Cindy Henry
The 2025 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings present a new landscape for MA plans, with fewer achieving high ratings due to changes in methodology, utilization patterns, ongoing litigation, and potential impacts of recent election outcomes. Learn...
The 2025 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings present a new landscape for MA plans, with fewer achieving high ratings due to changes in methodology, utilization patterns, ongoing litigation, and potential impacts of recent election outcomes. Learn...
The 2025 Medicare Advantage Star...
11/25/2024
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Shannon Smith, RN, BSN
Commentary
Navigating the CY 2025 CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposals: Strategic Insights for Health Care Leaders
09/30/2024
Shannon Smith, RN, BSN
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its calendar year (CY) 2025 physician fee schedule proposals. In this commentary, an expert breaks down the key components and their implications for health care organizations.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its calendar year (CY) 2025 physician fee schedule proposals. In this commentary, an expert breaks down the key components and their implications for health care organizations.
The Centers for Medicare &...
09/30/2024
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Commentary
Payer-Provider Synergy: Aligning at the Fulcrum Points
08/05/2024
Payer-provider collaboration represents a crucial opportunity to bridge the gap between those who provide care and those who finance it. In this commentary, experts delve into strategies to help foster a collaborative relationship between...
Payer-provider collaboration represents a crucial opportunity to bridge the gap between those who provide care and those who finance it. In this commentary, experts delve into strategies to help foster a collaborative relationship between...
Payer-provider collaboration...
08/05/2024
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Commentary
How Medicare Advantage Plans Can Prepare for the CMS Health Equity Index
02/13/2024
Christie Teigland, PhD
As part of the 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Final Rule, CMS is enhancing the Star Ratings program by implementing a Health Equity Index (HEI) reward to incentivize MA and Part D contracts with 500 or more members to address...
As part of the 2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D Final Rule, CMS is enhancing the Star Ratings program by implementing a Health Equity Index (HEI) reward to incentivize MA and Part D contracts with 500 or more members to address...
As part of the 2024 Medicare...
02/13/2024
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Commentary
2025–2026 Star Ratings: The Path to Success
01/09/2024
Ashley McNairy
Even though many Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan executives braced for another year of declining performance on their Star Ratings, seeing their 2024 ratings drop for the second consecutive year has been a tough pill to swallow. Ashley...
Even though many Medicare Advantage (MA) health plan executives braced for another year of declining performance on their Star Ratings, seeing their 2024 ratings drop for the second consecutive year has been a tough pill to swallow. Ashley...
Even though many Medicare...
01/09/2024
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Commentary
Simple Outreach Tactics Plug Medicaid Redetermination Gaps
12/21/2023
Anup Panthaloor
The unwinding of Medicaid’s continuous enrollment and resulting redetermination activities were supposed to be nearly complete by spring 2024. According to Anup Panthaloor, Firstsource EVP, now, the initiative may be pushed into the summer of...
The unwinding of Medicaid’s continuous enrollment and resulting redetermination activities were supposed to be nearly complete by spring 2024. According to Anup Panthaloor, Firstsource EVP, now, the initiative may be pushed into the summer of...
The unwinding of Medicaid’s...
12/21/2023
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Behind the Bill

Behind the Bill
The Senate’s $3 Trillion Deal. Tax Relief Now, Medicaid Coverage Loss Later?
07/02/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
The Senate has done it. After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling and last-minute amendments, lawmakers have passed a sprawling tax-and-spending megabill that makes good on a long-standing Republican goal: making the 2017 Trump tax cuts...
The Senate has done it. After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling and last-minute amendments, lawmakers have passed a sprawling tax-and-spending megabill that makes good on a long-standing Republican goal: making the 2017 Trump tax cuts...
The Senate has done it. After...
07/02/2025
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Behind the Bill
When a Cap Isn’t Just a Cap: How a Provider Tax Proposal Could Reshape Medicaid Financing
06/25/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
In Washington, the most consequential policies are often buried in the fine print. One such detail in the Senate Finance Committee’s latest tax and spending proposal would gradually cap provider taxes—a core funding tool states use to pull in...
In Washington, the most consequential policies are often buried in the fine print. One such detail in the Senate Finance Committee’s latest tax and spending proposal would gradually cap provider taxes—a core funding tool states use to pull in...
In Washington, the most...
06/25/2025
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Behind the Bill
Rewriting the Safety Net? Inside the Senate’s Changes to Medicaid and the ACA
06/18/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been following the progress of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which started in the House with sweeping tax reforms and some eye-catching health care proposals. Now, the Senate has released its (highly...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been following the progress of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which started in the House with sweeping tax reforms and some eye-catching health care proposals. Now, the Senate has released its (highly...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve...
06/18/2025
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Behind the Bill
How States Might Respond to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
06/11/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) still in the hands of the Senate, much of the national conversation has centered on what this legislation would do to federal coverage programs. But regardless of how the federal process unfolds,...
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) still in the hands of the Senate, much of the national conversation has centered on what this legislation would do to federal coverage programs. But regardless of how the federal process unfolds,...
With the One Big Beautiful Bill...
06/11/2025
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Behind the Bill
Is the Affordable Care Act on the Chopping Block? What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tells Us.
06/04/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
It’s been weeks of headline-grabbing debate over Medicaid work requirements, and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” remains in the Senate as they deliberate over several health care provisions. While the Medicaid provisions sparked most of the...
It’s been weeks of headline-grabbing debate over Medicaid work requirements, and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” remains in the Senate as they deliberate over several health care provisions. While the Medicaid provisions sparked most of the...
It’s been weeks of...
06/04/2025
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Behind the Bill
From House to Senate: The Journey of Cutting Medicaid
05/28/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
Last week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1, 119th Congress) by a single vote, sending the sweeping tax and spending reconciliation package, backed by President Trump, to the Senate. With its...
Last week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1, 119th Congress) by a single vote, sending the sweeping tax and spending reconciliation package, backed by President Trump, to the Senate. With its...
Last week, the House of...
05/28/2025
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Behind the Bill
Eligibility, Paperwork, and Penalties: The Not-So-Hidden Costs of Medicaid ‘Reform’
05/21/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
It’s been another eventful week in health policy—a phrase that’s quickly becoming routine. This time, House Republicans advanced a sweeping budget reconciliation bill, designed to implement elements of the March budget resolution, with a...
It’s been another eventful week in health policy—a phrase that’s quickly becoming routine. This time, House Republicans advanced a sweeping budget reconciliation bill, designed to implement elements of the March budget resolution, with a...
It’s been another eventful week...
05/21/2025
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Behind the Bill
A Busy Week in Drug Pricing Policy: Aligning US Drug Prices With Global Standards?
05/14/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
It’s been a busy few days for drug pricing policy. While I’d love to dig into the details of both President Trump’s latest executive order and the newest Republican bill that would cut Medicaid spending, we don’t have the time—and this isn’t...
It’s been a busy few days for drug pricing policy. While I’d love to dig into the details of both President Trump’s latest executive order and the newest Republican bill that would cut Medicaid spending, we don’t have the time—and this isn’t...
It’s been a busy few days for...
05/14/2025
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BEHIND THE BILL
When Agencies Lose Power: How 3 Seismic Shifts are Transforming Pharmaceutical Regulation
05/07/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
In the span of just 9 months, the landscape of administrative law has undergone a transformation so profound that pharmaceutical executives, health care providers, and patients alike are struggling to navigate the new terrain. The Supreme...
In the span of just 9 months, the landscape of administrative law has undergone a transformation so profound that pharmaceutical executives, health care providers, and patients alike are struggling to navigate the new terrain. The Supreme...
In the span of just 9 months,...
05/07/2025
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Behind the Bill
The Medicare Paradox, Part 3: Strategic Trade Doesn’t Have to be a Zero-Sum Game
05/07/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve examined the growing friction between the Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff investigations and the Medicare drug pricing reforms authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These 2 policy agendas—industrial...
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve examined the growing friction between the Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff investigations and the Medicare drug pricing reforms authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These 2 policy agendas—industrial...
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve...
05/07/2025
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Satellite Data Reveals a Link Between NO2 Exposure and Asthma Exacerbations
10/02/2023
Lisa Kuhns, PhD, MD
Incorporating ground-level satellite-derived estimates of NO2 into multivariable models reveals a relationship between NO2 exposure and asthma exacerbations, according to a study published in AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science.
Incorporating ground-level satellite-derived estimates of NO2 into multivariable models reveals a relationship between NO2 exposure and asthma exacerbations, according to a study published in AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science.
Incorporating ground-level...
10/02/2023
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Biosimilars: Uptake and Pricing in the US, Germany, and Switzerland
10/20/2023
Danielle Sposato
Various countries have implemented policies and regulatory pathways, such as the US's Biological Price Competition and Innovation Act and a similar approval pathway in the European Union, to facilitate the entry of biosimilars. This study...
Various countries have implemented policies and regulatory pathways, such as the US's Biological Price Competition and Innovation Act and a similar approval pathway in the European Union, to facilitate the entry of biosimilars. This study...
Various countries have...
10/20/2023
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Commentary
Review Provides Insight Into FDA Regulations and Prescription Digital Therapeutics as Market Expands
11/09/2023
Yvette C. Terrie, BS Pharm, RPh
As the number of PDTs continues to enter the market, it is important that clinicians and patients are aware of the regulatory processes instituted by the FDA to ensure the efficacy and safety of PDTs, and knowledge about the meticulous and...
As the number of PDTs continues to enter the market, it is important that clinicians and patients are aware of the regulatory processes instituted by the FDA to ensure the efficacy and safety of PDTs, and knowledge about the meticulous and...
As the number of PDTs continues...
11/09/2023
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Utilization and Spending Changes With Preventive Drug Lists
12/12/2023
True or False: A case-control study found that exempting asthma medications from the deductible through preventive drug lists was associated with a modest absolute increase in adherence to controller medications and significantly reduced...
True or False: A case-control study found that exempting asthma medications from the deductible through preventive drug lists was associated with a modest absolute increase in adherence to controller medications and significantly reduced...
True or False: A case-control...
12/12/2023
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2024 Predictions: Key Trends Identified by Business Leaders and Health Care Experts in Value-Based Care
01/23/2024
In this exclusive commentary for First Report Managed Care, health experts and business leaders share insights into predictions for the 2024 value-based care landscape. Insights highlight trends in behavioral health, AI integration,...
In this exclusive commentary for First Report Managed Care, health experts and business leaders share insights into predictions for the 2024 value-based care landscape. Insights highlight trends in behavioral health, AI integration,...
In this exclusive commentary for...
01/23/2024
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