Kristen Ratcliff, a partner at lobbying firm Sirona Strategies, which manages the telehealth trade group Alliance for Connected Care, called the bill “a significant opportunity for all types of vendors—health IT vendors, telehealth providers, predictive analytic companies and more.” Read Article
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The Time Is Now: Why States Need to Start Thinking About 2017 State Innovation Waivers
“Really the essence is state innovation. And it, at its core, permits state governments to use funding that would otherwise have gone to individuals and businesses to aggregate that funding to create different ways to cover people,” said Krista Drobac, Partner at Sirona Strategies. Read Article
Medicare Advantage Has a Multi-Billion Dollar Problem
These annual cuts have resulted in higher out-of-pocket costs and lost benefits for seniors across America,” the Better Medicare Alliance interim executive director, Krista Drobac, said in a statement after the president’s proposal was released. Read Article
Medicare Advantage Rate Cut Would Reduce Payer Funding
In a letter to CMS, Krista Drobac, interim executive director of the Better Medical Alliance, said she is “deeply concerned” about the “real cuts” to MA. Read Article
Rate Battle Peaks as Advantage Plans Grow
“No program can sustain year-over-year funding cuts,” said Krista Drobac, interim executive director of the Better Medicare Alliance, an insurer-funded advocacy group. Read Article
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